Word: streit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Owner Howard Solomon, who was convicted in the criminal trial along with Bruce, appealed to a New York appellate court. There, Presiding Justice Saul S. Streit held that the criminal court had erred in deciding Bruce's routine was devoid of social significance. While agreeing that the act was coarse and profane beyond the bounds of acceptable candor, Judge Streit said that "integral parts of the performance included comments on the problems of contemporary society, religious hypocrisy, racial prejudices and human tensions." In effect, the reversal of Solomon's conviction served to vindicate Bruce as well...
...stronger the man, the more self-restraint he must exercise," said New York Supreme Court Justice Saul S. Streit, counting out retired Heavyweight Champ Rocky Marciano, 39, who lost a decision to Gene Schoor, 45, author of the recent biography Young John Kennedy. Schoor claimed he was boffed by the Rock back in 1960, following an argument about a ghostwriting deal, and "my ears have been ringing ever since." Schoor's balm...