Word: holdout
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...fall of 1965, then, progress on the Belt was further along than most people in Cambridge realized. Cambridge was the only holdout, the last obstacle in the way of the completion of the project. In December, the formal plans for the Boston section of the highway would be announced. (Sargent was taking a "soft" line and trying to alter the DPW's image of constructing "inhuman" "ugly" highways; the DPW's plans for Boston included a 3000-foot tunnel through the Fenway district of the city and a tunnel under the Charles -- both significant concessions to complaints raised by private...
...vital element in the criminal jury system that the U.S. has inherited from Britain is the concept of unanimity. For a man to be convicted, the prosecution must persuade every juror that he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The hope is that a holdout will sometimes prevent a miscarriage of justice. But in Britain the unanimity requirement is about to be abandoned...
...tighter. A lot of smart money was on the Pittsburgh Pirates (at 12-5), but the San Francisco Giants were a solid second choice at 3-1 -with $100,000 Pitcher Juan Marichal already flashing midseason form (five hits, two runs in ten innings despite his four-week holdout), and Willie Mays batting .350 in spring training. For long-shot bettors, bookmakers offered a special deal: the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets, as a two-team entry, at odds...
...begin its deliberations. "You are going to reach a verdict out of the depths of your own mind and conscience, aren't you? You wouldn't let someone sway you?" Prosecutor Martin needs twelve unanimous jurors to win a verdict; Defender Getty needs only one stubborn holdout to hang the jury-and retrials often favor the defendant...
From the Continental Divide to the Pacific shore, the Mexican border to the Arctic Ocean, only one statehouse remained in Democratic control last week. Even the lone holdout in Salt Lake City most likely would have fallen to the G.O.P. if Governor Calvin Rampton did not have two more years to serve. Of all the West's Democratic gubernatorial candidates, only Incumbent John Burns in Hawaii survived the pervasive Republican wind. Another possible Democratic winner is Alaska's William Egan, who withdrew an early concession in hopes that a recount and a tally of absentee ballots would return...