Word: houstons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Angeles 1, Houston...
With the final seconds ticking away, the Harvard water polo team made a rush for the MIT net. Co-captain Houston Hall fed Pat Jakobson with a quick pass, and amid a swarm of bobbing heads and waving arms, Jakobson faked right, then whipped the ball past the goalie's right...
Cincinnati 5, Houston...
...most annoying problem to prospective jurors, the waiting around, has actually been solved already, but the solution is spreading through the system with the speed of a glacier. Says Houston's District Court Judge Shearn Smith, chairman of the Harris County jury committee: "When I became a judge, I went down to the jury assembly room, and I found an unhappy group of citizens. They were not unhappy about being called, but about sitting...
Even the most exquisitely balanced prospective jury list is only a battleground for the opposing lawyers to start fighting for the jurors they want. "Picking a jury is the most difficult thing a lawyer does," says John Ackerman, dean of the National College for Criminal Defense in Houston. "And few lawyers know how to do it. You get no training or any help at all on that issue in law school." The teachings of courthouse legend are all stereotypes. Prosecutors, says University of Illinois Sociologist Rita Simon, are alleged to favor 1) men, 2) Republicans, 3) the prosperous, 4) bankers...