Word: pete
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Some reformers would go further and put new restrictions on lawyers' conduct inside the courtroom as well: California Governor Pete Wilson wants to restrict an attorney's right to use political rhetoric in front of the jury, like Johnnie Cochran's urging them to "send a message" about racist misconduct. This sort of jury nullification, wrote syndicated columnist George Will, in which the panel is motivated by something other than the particulars of the case, amounts to "approximately what Groucho Marx said in the movie Duck Soup: 'Who are you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?'" Legal scholar Kamisar...
...benefits for children born into welfare families or to teenage mothers. My amendment does not, as some have implied, endorse additional payments to welfare families or adolescent mothers, nor does it impose another federal mandate on states. It only gives states the option of determining who deserves welfare benefits. PETE V. DOMENICI U.S. Senator, New Mexico Washington...
Facing mounting campaign debts, low poll ratings and negative reaction to his campaign in his home state, California Governor Pete Wilson withdrew from the race for the G.O.P. presidential nomination, becoming the first casualty of the contest...
With under four minutes gone, Steven Yanosky launched another long ball past Harvard goalie Pete Albers, who had three saves, and into the back...
...They're from all over the world and they're here to see the leaves," said Pete Callina, an Old Town Trolley driver and narrator...