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Word: motionful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...point in the trial, "We may yet have to send you to law school." At times during the trial, Riley would order Hairston to remained confined to his seat and not move. Riley also overruled every objection that Mims and Hairston made, and had the jury under a suppression motion--meaning that the all-white jury received information from the judge. Mims raised a case tried in another court in Georgia where the defendent had an IQ of 61 and the court ruled the aptitude was too low for the defendent to determine the waiver of his rights after...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Southern Justice: 1978 | 10/21/1978 | See Source »

Steven V.R. Winthrop, one of the more right-leaning candidates, chairs the meeting. The debate is still intense, the fever high. A motion to boycott Nestle's passes, and the assembly recesses for a week. As students leave, they tell other representatives things they would have liked to have said during the debate had they been recognized...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Tale of Two Cities | 10/18/1978 | See Source »

...evening. A full moon is casting an eerie light on the scene. The skeptic moves forward, tightly gripping the twin rods and saying, "I am seeking water. I am seeking water." Suddenly the rods swing apart. Have the rods found water? Or did they simply slip apart from the motion of the skeptic's stride? Kaufmann has no doubts. "You've got the gift,: he gloats. "You've got divining power." What did he find? asks the incredulous apostle of science, admittedly a little shaken but hardly converted. "Oh, probably a cesspool," Kaufmann laughs. "That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Vermont: Is Dowsing Going to the Dogs? | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

Moore graduated from Ole Main High School in North Little Rock in June of 1975, running for more than 1000 yards his senior year. He has a unique running style--not exceptionally quick with his feet, Moore has a striding motion well-suited to outside running, and superb accelerating ability...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Say It Ain't So, P. Wayne | 10/7/1978 | See Source »

...resolution, Danehy called for "greater aid to those communities allowing a preponderance of their land to be utilized for the public good." The conference did not act on the motion...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Crane Seeks Funds for Cities With Tax-Exempt Landowners | 10/3/1978 | See Source »

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