Word: givens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were all given numbers that separated us into panels. When a jury was needed for a trial, they called one or more of the panels to go up to a courtroom. There would then be a selection process with questions designed to separate people who might not be able to serve on the jury of a trial and hear the evidence with an unbiased ear. I sat and read the newspaper for a long time before my panel was called, and my excitement began to build...
...Given that precedent, the Court could once again avoid controversy by rejecting the resolution as technically unconstitutional. This would save the Court from having to determine the proper balance of power between the two branches in terms of foreign policy...
...blow came against Jay Howell, making his first appearance since his suspension for using pine tar in the third game of the National League playoffs. It was the first home run Howell had given up to a right handed batter in 112 at-bats this season...
...cyclist called the bridge "potentially dangerous" and added, "Given the average behavior [of people on the bridge], I think it really is dangerous." One pedestrian complained, "[Bicyclists] don't slow down...
...firmly in Bush's hands. Dukakis, who had boasted in August that he would win the state, is belatedly retreating. Last week his two chief organizers transferred to the Midwest, and more are to follow. He has also given up much of the Cotton South. From a meeting of some of his Dixie managers, word seeped out that Democratic hopes were reduced to what they grandly called the "Big Five" Southern and border states -- Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina. But they add up to just 51 electoral votes, and Dukakis at the moment can count on none of them...