Word: saneness
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...five-man and seven-woman jury deliberated for about three hours yesterday without reaching a verdict. They received the case following a psychiatrist's prosecution testimony yesterday that, despite his depression, Vaughn was sane in the moments before his wife's death...
...line he will repeat frequently: because his military buildup has strengthened the nation, "we can now move with confidence to seize the opportunities for peace." He adroitly addressed an appeal for renewal of arms-control negotiations "to the people of the Soviet Union," telling them "there is only one sane policy, for your country and mine, to preserve our civilization ... the only value in our two nations possessing nuclear weapons is to make sure they will never be used. But then would it not be better to do away with them entirely?" Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin joined in the applause...
...stunned to read about the man who jumped in front of a subway car in a suicide attempt and then collected a $650,000 award for his efforts [Jan. 9]. This story illustrates once again the sham our legal system has become. Any sane juror would have made no award and instead would have held the plaintiffs family and attorney responsible for all legal and court costs...
...global flash. The symbolism of the pictures from Rebibbia is precisely the Christian message, that people can be redeemed, that they are ascendant toward the light. In a less exalted sense, the scene may be important because it suggests that human beings can respond to inhuman acts by being sane and civilized and forbearing, more decent, perhaps, than the killers deserve...
...death of the Stimson Professor of Law the week before Christmas leaves law student activists, particularly minority students, without the leadership of perhaps the only faculty member they fully trusted. Ferguson's accessibility and his sane advice will be sorely missed as student activists continue to push for the hiring of minority faculty members, increased student input on Law School administration, curriculum changes, and other weighty reforms...