Word: faired
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Johnson also admitted that he had a "pretty fair conviction" of how the competition between the Air Force and Navy's air arm should be decided. Anyone who objected, he said, "would have a chance to argue me out of that conclusion in the next couple of days." After that anyone who still disagreed would get out. Said Johnson: "There will just not be room for them around the Pentagon and I told the three secretaries that...
...when Haigh was formally charged with Mrs. Durand-Deacon's murder last month, the stories were toned down in conformance with law and immemorial British journalistic practice. Once a person has been charged with a crime, English law prohibits publication of evidence that might prejudice a fair trial for the accused...
Grave Error. Prisoner Haigh promptly asked for a writ of attachment against Editor Bolam and the Mirror for prejudicing his right to a fair trial. Bolam made the best defense he could find; he pleaded "guilty of a grave error for which I tender my most humble apologies...
Last week, in a London court, bewigged Lord Chief Justice Lord Goddard gave his stern verdict: the Mirror was "a disgrace to English journalism . . . justice and fair play . . . There has never been a case ... of such a scandalous and wicked character. This has been done, not as an error of judgment, but as a matter of policy, pandering to sensationalism [to increase] circulation . . ." The Mirror was fined $40,000. Bolam was sentenced to three months in Brixton Prison (where Haigh is waiting trial), the first editor to be imprisoned under the law in 48 years...
...Family. The audience recovered from its surprise quickly enough to admire the fair play of the Academy's 1,450 voting members. For some, another surprise was the fate of 20th Century-Fox's major contender, The Snake Pit, which won only one award, for its sound recording...