Word: recollecting
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...sure, said the court, the trial judge in the Alger Hiss case set an important precedent by permitting psychiatric testimony impeaching the credibility of Government Witness Whittaker Chambers. But that step is not necessary in all cases. "A psychopath," said the court, "has the capacity to observe, recollect and communicate, and is therefore a competent witness." If he is a liar, witnesses can testify that he has "a bad reputation for truth and veracity." After that, it is up to the jury to decide whether he actually lied on the witness stand...
...house in which he was born (now a museum), the school he attended and his teacher (who will be interviewed on the show), his present ranch and the surrounding countryside-from the Pedernales River to Pack Saddle Mountain. Mrs. Johnson also makes a brief appearance on the program to recollect the story of their whirlwind courtship...
...become this tall Texan who talks like a folksy fellow from the country who made good in the city. He is doing a great job, and that sound earthiness and solidity gave all of us strength at a time when we were badly shaken. The history-minded might recollect similar speech qualities in Abraham Lincoln...
...turns into a landscape by Salvador Dali. First off, the boys light up a 12-ft. stack of logs-to boil a can of soup. Then they go jeeping across an open field in pursuit of a terrified farmer-whom they try to lasso. And all the while they recollect in flashback the crazy things they did while they were courting-like, say, the time Leo peeled a banana, slipped it in the breast pocket of Jack's best suit, gave him a hearty slap on the chest...
...Marta door; outside, he stepped into his car for the brief drive to the Apostolic Palace. As he moved out of sight, blessing his visitors, the basilica echoed to the chant of "Viva il Papa, viva il Papa." Slowly the crowd drifted away; a few remained to pray and recollect. There had been no great words spoken, nor, for most of the pilgrims, any personal encounter with Roman Catholicism's ruler; yet nearly all left the basilica awed and exhilarated. "An impressive experience," said an American surgeon, in Rome for a convention. Asked what she thought...