Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...largely white audience applauded the verdict. Then the defendants shook hands with friends and happily posed for photographers. Their elation may have been premature. Cook, the Hoggle brothers and Kelley still face a federal charge of conspiracy to deprive a citizen of his civil rights. Three Alabama klansmen were found guilty on the same charge the previous week in federal court after one of them had twice been tried on murder charges by state juries that refused to convict...
...pigging string clutched in his teeth, he flung the calf to the ground and climbed astride, pinning the flailing legs between his own knees and "windmilling" the string around the animal's ankles. Throwing up his arms in a gesture of victory, Franklin waited for the judges' verdict. His time: 10.6 sec., a new arena record that earned him $318.85, for the event and boosted his 1965 earnings to $29,431. That was enough to assure him the R.C.A. championship saddle and buckle-at last defeating Dean Oliver. It was, in fact, more money than any other roper...
...first-degree murder charge, but after seven hours reported that they were deadlocked. Judge Robert M. Parker, 35, trying his first murder case, sent them back. Said he: "Twelve men have got to decide this case some time." Two hours later, they brought in their second-degree verdict...
FASHION by Mila Contini. 321 pages. Odyssey. $12.95. After studying haute couture from the Pharaohs forward, Signora Contini, an Italian journalist, concludes that women dress that way to entice men. Her verdict is scarcely as edifying as the 550 illustrations, which show that nearly every current style has ancient ancestry. Nefertiti's pleated tunic would draw envious stares at a Met opening night. Roman women carried collapsible umbrellas. In 18th century France coiffures soared higher than they do in today's discotheques...
...Simon was simply playing caveat emptor according to the rules. The prince, currently hard pressed for cash following several unsuccessful business ventures, agreed-but he was in no mood to let his treasure cross his principality's boundaries or risk an adverse verdict. When negotiations broke down, the prince's art dealer, Josef Farago, issued a categorical denial: "The prince would not dream of selling the Leonardo." As for the prince, he was, as one to the manner born, off hunting in Austria. Does this mean that Ginevra del Bend will never leave Liechtenstein? Said a Liechtensteinian noble...