Word: questionable
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Last week, by a vote of 7 to 2, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Sokolow's detention on drug charges, in an opinion that granted federal agents broad discretion to use "drug-courier profiles" to question and search travelers at airports. Writing for the court, Chief Justice William Rehnquist conceded - that Sokolow's behavior could have been "consistent with innocent travel." But "taken together," his actions elicited "reasonable suspicion." Concluded Rehnquist: "The fact that these factors may be set forth in a 'profile' does not somehow detract from their evidentiary significance." Dissenting Justice Thurgood Marshall saw things quite differently...
...aide, who admitted, "You could never be sure whether what ((North)) said was true, fantasy, or was being told deliberately to mislead." And North's ability to win over an audience will face its roughest test this week, when prosecutor John Keker gets his turn to ask the questions. "North makes an excellent witness," said Richard Ben-Veniste, a former Watergate prosecutor. "The question is the cross-examination, which will provide by far the greatest dramatic element of the trial. The trial may well hinge on the cross- examination of Ollie North...
Although he said he personally would have tried to save Baby Doe, Koop said he adopted a middle-of-the-road position on the general question of euthanasia, saying decisions should be made on a case by case basis...
...apathy which plagues Harvard students; it is a reluctance to question the sincerity of the liberalism of the "liberal boutique" which admitted them inside its hallowed walls...
...There was no question, he was clearly our first choice," said Pelham Wilder, Duke University marshall and ex officio commencement committee member. Duke President H. Keith H. Brodie chose Gould from a list of five finalists last May, Wilder said...