Word: extant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...necessity of a subpoena. In many cases, however, the arrests records are used under legal requirements; as an example, a New York State law requires that all prospective employees of securities firms be checked against the arrest records. Neier concluded that as long as such a file is extant, it will be used to punish persons who have not been convicted of any crime by depriving them of a livelihood...
...hours after their final exams are over to make room for the visiting hoardes. For the graduating class itself, the Reunion is simply another obstacle that gets in their way as they nervously guide bewildered parents through the narrow and overcrowded streets. And as for the College's few extant radicals, one said, "It's an opportunity for the University to get the alumni drunk so they can hold them upside down on their way out the door while they gather up all the change that falls out of those rich pigs' pockets...
...sheer tensile strength of a woman's will in Greek tragedy is unparalleled in any other literature. Of 33 extant plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, ten bear the names of women. Among the 39 Shakespearean titles, only three acknowledge women-Juliet, Cleopatra and Cressida-and all three share top billing with men. Sophocles' Antigone is a test of wills between a man and a woman, a king and his subject...
These few cases comprise most of the extant case law on audience rights. Since they date back more than fifty years and primarily concern religious meetings, they can only be suggestive for current problems. There do exist, however, two recent cases that examine the issues discussed by Judge Shaw in a contemporary context...