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...trials are actually not as common as is generally believed. Of all the criminal jury trials in the world, some 80% occur in the U.S. Yet more than 90% of all cases in the U.S. never come before a jury. Most litigants plea bargain, settle out of court or opt for trial before only a judge. Still, some 300,000 cases a year do come before a jury...
...semi-independent budget committee responsible for delegating the council's funds each year. Even though each student can opt to retain $6.50 of his $10 surcharge, that leaves at least $20,000 for administrative expenses. If students pay the full surcharge, another $5000 will go toward campus-wide activities and social events, with the remaining $35,000 distributed to officially recognized undergraduate organizations on the basis of need...
Judging from her son's past, though, she shouldn't have been surprised that he would opt to work with people. He is unsure about his career plans, but says his assortment of jobs in the last several years has convinced him he values "contact with people, work with people...
...week eight provincial premiers, including the emboldened Lévesque met in Ottawa to unveil their counterproposal for a "constitutional accord." At the insistence of Lévesque, the premiers approved a provision that would legally require the unanimous consent of provincial governments for some federal initiatives and allow provinces to opt out of others altogether. Both measures, of course, would ensure continued provincial leverage over the federal government?precisely what Trudeau is trying to avoid. Ironically, the premiers' initiative had been undercut the day before, when Quebec's supreme court became the second to approve the legality of Trudeau's proposed...
...people in this country do not want to upset the Russians. There is definitely a pacifist mood," says Christian Democrat Deputy Manfred Worner. Admits a West German manufacturer in Munich: "If it were a choice between giving the Russians more influence here and even a limited war, we would opt for the Russians." A youth group affiliated with the Free Democratic Party last week opposed the deployment of U.S. cruise missiles, claiming that such a use of this weapon "represents only the interests...