Word: jurist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Henry G. Wenzel, Jr., judge in the New York Court of Appeals, was chief jurist...
...occupation was Andrei Vishinsky, now the Soviet Union's chief U.N. delegate, whom one Latvian witness last week branded as "the greatest murderer in the world." After the Russians retreated in 1941, Latvians in the capital city of Riga set up a commission, headed by a jurist named Atis Grantskalns, to document Vishinsky & Co.'s murders. Last week Grantskalns told of finding 979 bodies of Latvians killed by the Communist conquerors. The victims, he said, included intellectuals, teachers, army officers, government officials-"the leaders of our communities...
Robert G. McCloskey, associate professor of Government, was less certain of Warren's capabilities. "My reaction would not be great enthusiasm. I don't know anything about his qualifications as a jurist. I'm afraid I can be neither indignant nor enthusiastic," McCloskey said...
...Ousted in East Germany: Justice Minister Max Fechner. His replacement: a woman, swarthy Hilde Benjamin, 51, popularly known as the "Red Guillotine," a jurist with a reputation for dealing mercilessly with offenses against the Communist regime...
Clutching a snake-headed bamboo cane, a slender, bespectacled Asian in a double-breasted blue suit and a green felt hat arrived in Washington last week; his presence brought to 78 the number of diplomatic missions in the capital. Ourot R. Souvannavong, a 45-year-old jurist, is the first minister to the U.S. from the Oregon-sized, jungle-blanketed kingdom of Laos in French Indo-China...