Word: mocking
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Because the issue at stake was one of consent, not assault, the words that Bowen and Safi chose in court to describe the incident were particularly fraught. And according to Clarence Mock, Safi's defense attorney, the term rape seethes with enough emotion to prejudice a jury and is itself a legal conclusion. Once that word is uttered, Mock says, "the skunk is in the jury box and it's hard to get the smell...
...Maclean's blog on June 8, reminding readers that his access to Black goes beyond the courthouse steps. In an e-mail interview with TIME, Whyte pointed out that Maclean's has published "stories and commentaries in addition to what Mark [Steyn] has produced -including... the deliberations of a mock jury that argued for conviction." But when the verdict comes down, Maclean's readers are more likely to turn to Steyn's blog and column first; Steyn's photo appears in a banner on Maclean's website, with the billing "Mark Steyn covers the trial from opening statements to final...
...building up local security forces. The attackers, who carried U.S.-style weapons, killed one American soldier after getting into the compound and then abducted four others, executing them a short distance away as the attackers fled, evading capture by abandoning their vehicles and shedding their bogus American uniforms and mock weapons...
...They were the surprise upstarts of the Ivy League, dazzling all comers with their offensive prowess and dominating opponents with their defensive supremacy. This was their time to shine—the first round of the NCAA Tournament. But there it was, the once-friendly scoreboard now content to mock the Crimson faithful at the half: Binghamton 1, Harvard 0. The crazies of Cambridge had been silenced. In their place stood the green-and-black Binghamton supporters, filling the air at Ohiri Field with their lusty chants. But there was still the second half. Inspired by a coach who would...
...This mock military struggle’s arrival is particularly distasteful considering that this hallowed bank of the Charles has, over the course of its grand history, served as a sanctuary for effete, bloated Brahmins interested in evading combat of any kind. Alas, gone are the days when Cabot and Crowninshield could titter lazily about the Lowells over high tea, leaving the bayonets to the plebs. Our aristocratic predecessors had honed repression to an art, ensuring that the intramural conflict was restricted to a biting comment about outmoded décor, or perhaps spilt sherry...