Word: sitting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...observation was that the jury did not read. They riffled the pages. I would like to note it is now 10:55 and the jury had the documents before them a short period . . ." On & on Isserman went, until the judge said heatedly: "You have stated your objection . . . Now sit down...
...Time to Sit. Up & down Europe there were variations of the Birmingham theme. London's Daily Mail shuddered to think what Britain would be like without ECAid: "Bread, cake and pastry supplies cut to half of what they are now. Butter, cheese and sugar rations down by one-third. No cotton goods in the shops. Footwear supplies drastically cut. Cigarette and tobacco supplies cut by 75%. New housing programs down by half . . . Private motoring cut ... to 40 miles a month or less...
...library, the aging Morgan spent more & more of his time, too. He never read the books that surrounded him, but he liked to sit there and play solitaire by the hour. His conversations with Belle were seldom long ("You think we should have that book? Buy it!"). But he liked to have her read the Bible aloud to him, or sit with him when he was troubled about something. One such time, Belle remembers, she caught him in a mistake in solitaire. "Do you accuse me of cheating?" he thundered. "Well, then . . . I'll begin again." On that occasion...
...Attorney Richard Gladstein saw it, certain of the judge's remarks did not fit the Court's own definition of fairness, were prejudicial to the case. Gladstein wanted him to declare a mistrial. "I won't do it," said the judge. "If you expect me to sit here like a bump on a log you're making a big mistake...
...interest by the United States in European prosperity. The Pact, however, states that an armed attack against any signer of the Pact "shall be considered an attack against them all." This is the assurance our nation gives to the peoples of Europe that the United States will not again sit by and watch them succumb to aggression...