Word: rest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time it seemed a daring gamble: the defense rested its case without calling a single witness, relying entirely on cross-examination and closing arguments to make its points. But as it turned out, it was no gamble at all: several jurors had already decided that the prosecution had no case, and once the nine-month trial ended, the rest of the twelve-member panel agreed. Only one vote was needed to acquit all ten defendants of each of the ten charges against them. All that remained after 9 1/2 hours of deliberations was for Jury Forewoman Rosa Milligan to pronounce...
High wire fences separate the United Nations refugee camp at Dheisheh from the rest of Bethlehem. Within, Palestinian children, hiding behind mounds of trash and rubble, sometimes hurl stones at passing cars. Deeper in the shadows, young Arab men vie for political ascendancy with threats of violence. Misbah Mohammed Rizq, 58, is Dheisheh's camp leader. For 30 years Abu Nabil, as Rizq is known, has doled out the U.N.'s meager rations, seen that the camp's fetid sanitation system works and interceded with the Israeli military government to keep his people out of trouble. He performs his difficult...
...evening looked up to see a small single-engine plane coming in low from the south. It circled the great plaza, barely clearing the red brick walls of the Kremlin and buzzing the Lenin Mausoleum before finally touching down. At about 7:30 p.m. the little craft came to rest on the cobblestones behind onion-domed St. Basil's Cathedral. Bystanders scattered. Police gaped in astonishment. Official black sedans sped to the spot...
...million, saying the singer infected her during an eight- month affair that began in 1985. Feldman says that after she discovered her infection, Bennett told her, "I've had it for years. You get used to it. It's God's way of giving your sex life a rest." Bennett, who has produced medical records claiming that he does not have the ailment, has filed a $100 million counterclaim for defamation...
...comes to seem ridiculous as the peril shared by everyone aboard increases. First Lieut. Summers reassures him, "This voyage will be the making of you, Mr. Talbot. At moments I even detect a strong streak of humanity in you as if you was a common fellow like the rest...