Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Trial by Jury" is a parody of judicial proceedings in nineteenth century England, in which the court reaches a satisfactory verdict by unorthodox methods. It was written in 1875 and, according to Ibercliff, "still keeps all of its original sparkle and is unexpectedly topical in places...
Last week Federal Judge Edward A. Conger, who had heard the case, decided that the jury had been too generous. He set aside the verdict, held that Jimmy Moffett had not proved that it was his words that had saved Aramco. Besides, he said, such services were "the kind that the law says may not be compensated for because they are against 'public policy...
Renewed Faith. Without stopping the show, Farrell gradually had the whole thing restaged, scene by scene. Heartened by letters from some of his customers, he asked the reviewers to come back and take another look. Three of them felt up to it, but the verdict came out just about the same. At losses ranging from $15,000 to $23,000 a week, Farrell, who has watched almost every one of the 100 performances, stuck to his conviction that his show was the best musical on Broadway. As a visitor to Manhattan, he has seen every musical since 1914. Rich...
...From TIME review to Hollywood preview it will have taken just under a year, and TIME along with us can await with interest the verdict on its own appraisal of the original material...
...Johns Hopkins, surgeons examined their patient again. Their verdict: Joe is suffering from calcium deposits on the right heel, an affliction common enough among ballplayers but most often occurring in the elbow of a player's throwing arm (and then loosely referred to as "elbow chips"). The deposits are also akin to bursitis, in which excess calcium settles in sacks near the joints...