Word: woodenness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chair once occupied by John Marshall, the Chief Justice (1801 -1835) who introduced the principle of judicial review of executive and legislative acts, establishing the court's authority in the fledgling nation. The bailiff cried the traditional "oyez, oyez," and the eight Justices stood silently behind the wooden bench. O'Connor then took a second oath ("I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States ..."), and a clerk of the court helped Justice O'Connor slip on a black robe over her lavender-colored dress. With a quick smile...
...hundred years ago, Carlo Loren-zini found himself light on cash and heavy on gambling debts. Driven to action, the 54-year-old civil servant-turned-writer concocted a tale about a wooden marionette and sold the first chapter to a children's newspaper, reportedly describing the story as "a little nonsense." By the 15th installment, the author was no longer harried by financial troubles and decided to seal his hero's fate by having him hanged by a devious fox and cat. But popular outrage quickly compelled him to create a lovely blue fairy who resurrected...
SHORTLY AFTER 2 p.m. today, more than a dozen men and several women will file into a huge conference room on the second floor of University Hall. After an obligatory round of backslapping and banter, the members of the Faculty Council will take their seats around a long wooden table, eyed from above by dozens of portraits of the men who have run Harvard for three-and-a-half centuries. No one else will watch them: Visitors aren't allowed, save those faculty members specially invited to discuss an issue of the day with the council...
What: A double-racing wooden roller coaster with...
...store manager, a government worker, a lawyer, a freelance writer, a ticket agent, two secretaries, a student and an electrician. After hearing 75 witnesses over the course of two weeks, the jurors filed out of court at 5:30 p.m. one day and took their seats around an old wooden table. For a long moment they just looked at one another. Then everybody started talking at once...