Word: ordeal
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...male resident of Wigglesworth Hall had also planned an elaborate ritual. Sophomores who survived the housing ordeal last year passed down their secret to the seven men in his group...
...honest, a first round battle with Cornell is not the most undesirable pairing Harvard could have received. Skirting the eight-hour ordeal to Clarkson, the Crimson avoided facing the reinvigorated Golden Knights, who have not lost a post-season matchup at Cheel Arena for the last decade...
...condition on the stand. The defense is counting on the legally irrelevant but nonetheless widely recognized impact of their client's demeanor in the courtroom. But if the jury feels that Goldstein is acting crazy for their benefit, as the prosecution is sure to assert, the whole ordeal may be for nought. Second, there's no telling what will happen if Goldstein testifies. "The danger of bringing a witness to the stand is that the advantages his testimony provides may be outweighed by whatever negative evidence might also come out," says TIME senior writer Alain Sanders. "You can't pick...
Bringing an end to a five-month ordeal, the Yard Burglar's probation was formally revoked yesterday, sending him to a Massachusetts jail for two years...
...military backlash some had feared, and even his supporters now favor the general's retirement from public life. Being shamed in Britain, which excused him from standing trial for crimes against humanity only because of his ailing health, has been deeply humiliating for the renowned Anglophile, and his ordeal may not be over. Chilean judge Juan Guzman is currently considering some 59 lawsuits brought against Pinochet, and the judge wants more medical tests to establish his fitness to stand trial. Of course Pinochet has plenty of legal grounds to hold off the prosecutors, particularly in light of the legal amnesty...