Word: heard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...presumption of innocence, in criminal cases, Burger suggested, may be inconsistent with American civil procedure: "Certainly you have heard-and judges have said-that one should not convict a man out of his own mouth, The fact is that we establish responsibility and liability and we convict in all the areas of civil litigation out of the mouth of the defendant...
...mythical national championship last fall. State police and Secret Service men surveyed half-filled rows of seats unsmilingly. Agnew stressed the progress America has made in the last 50 years. "I see no end to progress so long as there is freedom for every voice to be heard," he said. Distantly heard, as he spoke, w,ere the chants of 100 radical students. Closely watched by police, they were picketing outside the stadium, carrying a Viet Cong flag and shouting, "Hey, hey, U.S.A., how many kids did you kill today?" Ten graduates walked off the field as Agnew spoke; three...
...mike, went on to point out that under its "fairness doctrine," broadcasters must 1) offer free time to people personally attacked on the air on a controversial issue of public importance, and 2) in cases where stations editorially endorse or oppose a candidate, give opponents a chance to be heard. WGCB appealed, contending that the FCC had overstepped its authority. The Radio Television News Directors Association, joined by the National and Columbia Broadcasting companies, also went to court to argue that the regulations violated not only the Federal Communications Act but also First Amendment guarantees of free speech. Broadcasters, they...
...continues to gain strength. In North Carolina, for example, the state legislature is now weighing five bills dealing with campus disorder, with penalties ranging from revocation of scholarships to six months in jail. Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin all have legislation pending, and other states are still to be heard from...
Whatever the prospects for lunar life, Cornell Microbiologist Martin Alexander feels that NASA's present Apollo quarantine plans are on shaky scientific grounds and hopelessly inadequate. In discussing the plans with those in the Apollo program, he says, he has heard such statements as, "Of course, it's a sham, but what else could we do?" and, "The public needs to be comforted, and the quarantine serves that function." Shocked by this seeming indifference to what could be a real threat, Alexander calls on NASA to reveal its quarantine plans fully and "to solicit frank opinions and criticism...