Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trial of the century "ends in his acquittal ill the foreman please stand," said an official of the court. A gray-haired woman, dressed in a blue suit, rose to her feet. "What say you?" inquired the official, reading the first charge, conspiracy to murder. "Not guilty," she replied. There was a stir in Courtroom No. 1 of London's Old Bailey that was immediately hushed by cries of "Silence!" The official continued by asking the verdict for all four defendants. Each time the reply was "Not guilty." Then the official asked for a second verdict, to the charge...
Waving his glasses and glaring, Burton accused Bond of moving too slowly to ground the DC-10. At one point, Burton rose from his chair and shouted, "Jesus Christ, just who is in charge over there anyway?" Later the chairman produced a copy of a report from the FAA's regional office in Los Angeles, dated June 1, which noted that the flange on the aft bulkhead of the engine pylon-a part suspect in the DC-10 crash-may have cracked under stress. Bond admitted he had not seen the report. Burton stood again and declared acidly...
California's Supreme Court was once held in high repute for its innovative and wise decisions. Keeping well above politics, the court carried out deliberations in the quiet privacy of its stately chambers. So much for tradition. The current court, headed by Chief Justice Rose Elizabeth Bird, 42, is about to have its linen laundered in public, black robes, starched collars and all. Last week the state's commission on judicial performance (a nine-member board established in 1960 to hear complaints against California judges) began televised hearings into alleged improprieties surrounding the court's handling...
...Rose Bird herself who asked for the investigation. She has been under fire ever since she was appointed to the top justice post by Governor Jerry Brown in 1977. Because she had no previous judicial experience, critics claimed that she was unqualified to administer the state's 255 courts and 2,000 judgeships or to make significant legal decisions. Her opponents charged that Bird, who served as agriculture and services secretary in Brown's cabinet, was named to the position only because she was a woman and had long-time political ties with the Governor...
Though the crime rate for the first three months of the year rose for the city of Cambridge, University police reported last month that crime has probably stayed about the same on Harvard porperty. The police are unable to publish exact figures because their crime statistics computer broke down...