Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first performance of aging (57) Ted Shawn's The Dreams of Jacob, with music by Darius Milhaud. Critics found his new five-movement work both a little flat and a little obvious-Jacob dancing unimaginatively with Rachel, wrestling too literally with the dark angel. The verdict: back to the woodshed...
With the B.s, as with most topflight architects, the contest of modern v. traditional may be all over, with the verdict going to the modernists. The general public has still to be convinced. Architecturally, argue modernists like Neutra, the public has nothing to lose but its chains. But to millions of Americans the chains the modern architect removes are still among the comforts of life: the overstuffed warmth of their living rooms; bedrooms big enough to serve as separate castles-and a refuge from the rest of the family; space to putter and store things in attics and cellars; walls...
...eleven men and one woman deliberated for three hours and 23 minutes, then brought in their verdict: Defendant Prichard was guilty of conspiracy to forge and vote illegal ballots; his law partner, also accused with him, was found not guilty. Judge H. Church Ford sentenced Ed Prichard to two years in federal penitentiary...
...executive of the General Motors Acceptance Corp., and the jury's foreman. Murphy had received a report from the FBI that James had admitted prejudice in favor of Hiss. "You are all individual jurors," Murphy said pointedly. "The foreman . . . has no authority other than to announce the verdict." Murphy talked directly to James: "Assuming that you told your wife, Mr. Foreman, or anyone else, that you thought so-and-so was lying, today I ask you as a representative of the U.S. Government to come back and put the lie in that man's face." Murphy was pointing...
...jury room, tempers grew short. The jury was locked up for the night and returned still undecided. Twice, the foreman reported that they did not think they could reach a verdict. Twice, Judge Kaufman sent them back to try again. Finally, 28 hours and 40 minutes after it had received the case, the jury announced a hopeless and final deadlock. One of Hiss's attorneys leaned over to ask a juror how they had balloted. The answer was a shock to him; eight to four for conviction...