Word: standing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...successful law practice in Baltimore by Georgian Charles Kirbo, President Carter's top preInauguration adviser, to head the department's criminal division. In his service there, Civiletti won praise as a "lawyers' lawyer" who believed in strong preparation for building criminal cases that would stand up in court...
...Pasttime has moved into kingdoms of billboard-mania, architectural nausea, and modern-day dull. Perhaps the fact that this pair of ballparks also happen to be two of the oldest active structures in the major leagues may have something to do with their special characters. Nonethless, these baseball museums stand far above the rest when it comes to nostalgia and just a good old day at the ballgame...
...Employees don't usually make a stand for anything, but we are stable, we're here all the time, and we want to make a statement, too," Lynda Snook, a worker in the Psychology and Social Relations Department business office and UCAN member, said yesterday...
...argument for TV cameras in the courtroom is simple enough: the public ought to be able to see what goes on at a trial. The argument against is that jurors will be distracted, that witnesses will be intimidated, and that lawyers and judges, particularly elected judges, will grand stand. In short, that defendants will be deprived of their right to a fair trial. Foes of televised trials, who include many on the bench and in the bar, also fear that cameras will invade the privacy of defendants and witnesses, especially in rape cases or seamy divorces...
...presumed to have the right to televise trials without permission, though judges can bar cameras if they see a real risk of prejudice. Bundy and his lawyers have repeatedly objected, calling the trial a "media event" and warning of prejudice to jurors in other courts where Bundy must still stand trial. But Miami Judge Edward Cowart was unmoved. He told TIME: "Cameras haven't impacted procedures the way some felt they would. It's better to have photographers in the courtroom than running up and down the halls...