Word: duress
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...tally was complete, it showed that a principled minority, led by Brachman, Theodore D. Moskowitz '58 and Larry Johnson '57, had been over-ridden by Stone forces, 8 to 7. President Abramson now gave a little speech in which he observed how wise the Council had been under duress, and that the fund was completely apolitical in nature. As a flurry of coats and men made for the door on adjournment, Al Hofeld '58, who had said nothing during the proceedings, rose and smiled an enigmatic little smile...
Victim No. 3 proved to be almost more trouble than he was worth: Mazurkiewicz was seen disposing of the body. But influential friends in the prosecutor's office intervened, and witnesses gladly changed their testimony under duress. Mazurkiewicz grandly threw a huge party for the prosecutor, police and witnesses in his handsome apartment−partly with the 225,000 zlotys lifted from Victim...
...laws be drafted to penalize homosexuality with children or when it affronts public decency, involves assault, violence, fraud or duress. In assessing penalty, "regard shall be paid to the physical and psychological condition of the offender...
Thieves for Witnesses. Being a stranger to orderly legal procedure did not hurt Mieke Bouman: so was the court. Two prosecution witnesses testified in court that they had given evidence under duress. One witness was a convicted thief...
...little man in a yellow shirt stands at the door and hands patrons a card which reads: "I will not by my own free will or under duress reveal the ending of Diabolique." Don't sign...