Word: pleadings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...legal jungle. Most Americans stand by after a car accident; most Mexicans bolt. And anyone involved can be jailed without bail until a non-judge traffic expert dictates a verdict. Mexicans also rely on the mordida (bribe) to pay off witnesses. Cautious Americans carry insurance covering legal aid-and plead innocent to any charge. Sample: failure to pay hotel bills, which may be a nonbailable crime. Conversely, suing hotels for personal injury is virtually impossible; required witnesses (hotel employees) would be fired if they talked...
...lose things all the time," George E. Hamlin, Assistant Director of the Loeb, said Saturday. "We try to keep track of the people who come into the building during performances by opening the front doors," he continued, "and we plead with students every day to put any thing of value in lockers that we provide...
...Grows on Me." Since taking over, Donovan has been all action, going to Albany and Washington to plead for state and federal funds, plugging integration plans on television, meeting at least twice weekly with the 'board. He snaps out decisions. One system administrator says: "Donovan grows on me. I ask him a question and I get an answer. I may not like it, but I get it, and I'm not used to that...
...Prepared." Ferrari's Luigi Chinetti tried to plead nolo Commendatore, claiming that the cars were not really representing old Enzo at all-they were just individual entries competing as individuals. To prove the point, Chinetti had the cars painted five different colors. A Ford mechanic admitted that the Chaparrals were "the fastest cars here, no doubt about it." But could they keep running for twelve hours? The automatic transmissions were certain to impose an extra load on the Chaparrals' brakes-since they would be unable to gear down on Se-bring's 13 curves. Snorted Hall...
...Johnson's appearance before the joint session was weighted with momentous meaning for them. This was no ordinary occasion. Not for 19 years -since Harry Truman, in the midst of a railroad strike, asked power to break crippling labor walkouts-had a President appeared before Congress assembled to plead for special legislation. But now, in the wake of public deaths and private resolve, the time had come to assure all American Negroes the right to vote...