Word: lesser
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crowded Miami jail cell. The killing evoked angry responses from press and public, and the legislature hastily ordered the state supreme court to issue rules requiring prompt trials. The court directed that those accused of felonies must be tried within 180 days or set free; those charged with lesser offenses have to be tried within 90 days. If any defendant formally requests a prompt trial, the time limit is 60 days. The court's directive came less than a month after the youth's murder-startling speed for so major a change in judicial practice...
...sure, a "social issue" in America, and it did show up yesterday. But it came down to far more than fears about crime and integration. It also includes resentments against power companies and banks and established interests--whether liberal or conservative. While Kentucky, and to a lesser extent, New Jersey, indicated that conventional appeals to old fashioned Democratic issues can be effective, and while Frank Rizzo demonstrated that law and order still has punch, Henry Howell in Virginia and the corporation tax referendum in Florida indicate that "the social issue" may extend far beyond law-and-order. In which case...
...allow the matter to be settled in court. However, other factors may well have played a part in the decision. The Governor seems to be assuming that Hakim can get a fairer trial in Missouri on a capital offense than Willie Ford could have received in Alabama on lesser charge. Certain members of the Governor's staff are also believed to have personal contentions with Hakim. Finally, it is argued by some that Sargent may well be thinking of what effect his holding of a convicted rapist could have on his own chances for national office, given...
...greeting morning commuters and rarely retires before midnight. His only hope of victory is a massive black crossover vote to offset Rizzo's strength among white Republicans. Rizzo, however, should benefit from having nine blacks on his ticket, the most in Philadelphia history. They are candidates for lesser offices, nominated separately by the Democratic city committee. A Rizzo victory is almost assured...
...Many a lesser Picasso, of course, is still better than many a lesser man's best, and the conventional response is that Picasso may yet surprise us. Perhaps, but the likelihood dwindles, and in any case it no longer matters: the issue of final greatness in art does not pivot on surprise but rather on its opposite-the authority of the still center. You cannot invade history, as Picasso has done, without some idea of what to do with it, and Picasso's aim rarely faltered. It was to reconcile history with Eros, to live as both gratified...