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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., echoed Bush’s sentiments, saying that "the President has made an excellent choice; Mr. Roberts is one of the most well qualified candidates to come before the Senate. He will be an excellent chief. I still expect Judge Roberts to be confirmed before the Supreme Court starts its new term...

Author: By Adam M. Guren, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bush Nominates Roberts for Chief Justice | 8/12/2005 | See Source »

...animated version of Aaron McGruder's militantly funny comic strip The Boondocks to Cartoon Network. Ridley, once a writer on Martin Lawrence's sitcom Martin, says that means there is more pressure to stand out. "When I started out," he says, "black TV was very limited--Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Homeboys in Outer Space. Now they're raising the bar. We can't just give people more of the movie. They can get that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: A Movie Hit, Restyled | 8/7/2005 | See Source »

Then came His Honor's delayed pronouncement upon Darrow's motion to quash. Mr. Stewart had apologized to Mr. Hays and the courtroom tension had lowered, but when Defense-Counsel Malone heard the quasher denied he rightly forecast: "This is going to be a scrap from now on; a knock-down and drag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Great Trial | 8/5/2005 | See Source »

That afternoon, however, Mr. Darrow apologized. He said that he had received only courtesy and meant to return the same, that he had spoken in anger. Judge Raulston then forgave him with a Biblical quotation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Great Trial | 8/5/2005 | See Source »

...afternoon's session was held out-of-doors and a great crowd gathered. A treat was had by all. Mr. Darrow called the opposing counsel Mr. Bryan as a witness to prove that the Bible need not be taken literally, questioned him about Jonah and the whale, Joshua and the Sun, whence Mrs. Cain, the Deluge, the Tower of Babel. Mr. Darrow bellowed his purpose to "show up Fundamentalism, to prevent bigots and ignoramuses from controlling education in the U. S." Mr. Bryan shook his fist, roared back his purpose "to protect the Word of God from the greatest atheist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Great Trial | 8/5/2005 | See Source »

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