Word: givens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...political soundings for nearly 50 U.S. Senators and a score of Governors, taken commercial surveys for many firms, and run polls for TV, magazines and newspapers; his own column, distributed by the Chicago Tribune-New York Daily News Syndicate, appears in over 50 papers across the U.S. For any given poll, he can call on a nationwide network of 27 field supervisors and some 3,000 part-time "stringers," who do the actual interviewing. His analysts in Manhattan study the answers amassed in the field, and from the tabulations Lou Harris then writes what he calls an "overlay," a summary...
...prosecution must show only that notice was given, not that it was received...
...have five minutes to leave" is not to say "you have five minutes to stay," and therefore there was no license given to anyone to remain in the building...
...recess, a group of defendants began to sing "Solidarity Forever" in the courthouse lobby. They were told to be quiet by a court clerk. When Viola returned, he said that all counsel had agreed that assuming that all defendants were in the building, and if a warning was given, all the defendants, if called to testify, would say that they had heard no warning...
...recent appearance at Harvard, Calkins has often given the impression of being Representative Mid-western Man. He constantly punctuates his speeches with references to conditions back home in Cleveland. Some of his television talks here have left audiences wondering if Calkins is able to think about Harvard events without translating them into Cleveland-school-board analogies...