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...work on daytime TV's increasingly crowded courtroom calendar. Amid the games and soaps, no fewer than four syndicated shows now offer entertainment in the form of real or simulated law cases. The TV docket began filling up in 1981 with the debut of The People's Court, whose innovative concept was to show actual small-claims cases being argued on camera. Participants agree to dismiss their cases in real court and abide by the decision of the TV judge; in return, the show agrees to pay the financial settlement. (If none is awarded, the participants divide $500; thus...
First on the docket for Conant was a total reconstruction of the faculty. In addition to merely improving the existing faculty, Conant sought to develop new subgroups of teachers who would enhance Harvard's intellectual reputation. The Nieman Fellowships, which permit twelve journalists to work on topics of their choosing at Harvard for a year on a full full stipend, were created during this era. Conant also worked to open the gates of Harvard Yard to poor, but talented scholars with his National Scholarship program--a New Deal of sorts for less privileged classes...
...meantime, the magistrate who presided over Eagle's arraignment instructed him "to continue his counseling treatment during release unless discharged by [the] counseling facility," according to a court docket. The docket, which lists Stan Eagel as a pseudonym for the lecturer, did not specify what type of counseling Eagle is receiving...
...that a lot, 'You were only picked because of your image,' " she says. In the opinion of more than a few experts, Florida (9-1-1) possesses the choicest livestock at the moment, but the Gators are No. 1 only on the N.C.A.A. court docket, awaiting sentencing for recruiting violations. Considering the moral depravity of this sport, it is possible that some A.P. and U.P.I, voters could be negatively influenced by B.Y.U.'s positive image, maybe just finding it hard to credit that the nation's best college football team could be a relentlessly white...
...practically to the Yangtze River to bring in a well, at a cost of $5 or $6 a foot, water is wealth. You rarely find surface water without finding Indians who found it first. This arrangement begets harsh feelings and busy courts. Into the thick of things, the crowded docket, come now the plaintiffs, the Santo Domingo, who charge that their privacy has been invaded by a lensman...