Word: exceeding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lawyer Belli's methods sometimes exceed traditional limits. In one celebrated case, in which he acted for a woman who had lost one leg, Belli brought a grotesque, leg-shaped package into the courtroom. It was wrapped in butcher's paper, tied with twine. Throughout the trial, the jury stared in horrified fascination at the package. Finally, near the end of the trial, Showman Belli slowly and deliberately opened the package-and handed the contents to a startled juror. It was an artificial leg, of the sort the plaintiff would have to wear for the rest...
...first $4,800 of income by 1969-"makes adequate provision" for estimated future payments. This year OASI will pay out $9.7 billion, around $1 billion more than it takes in, but it will still have nearly $21 billion in the kitty, and from 1960 on, income is expected to exceed outgo "every year for many years into the future." The advisory council's real worry is that creeping inflation might make the payments worth disappointingly little by the time a young wage earner gets around to harvesting his share at age 65. "The social security system," warned the council...
...before we can do this." The new purchase is thus "the first step in the alleviation" of the problem. At present there are about 2500 married graduate students, many of whom live in basement apartments in the slums of Somerville. Many are unable to pay average Cambridge rents, which exceed...
Supporters of the proposed Armenian Church on Brattle St. have received the backing of the Superior Court in their efforts to construct an edifice which would exceed the allowed building height in the residential area...
...drive at Radcliffe, in contrast, was quite successful, according to Rothenberg. Almost all of the 132 students who pledged blood kept their appointments. This turnout set a new record, as Radcliffe rarely manages to exceed 100 pints...