Word: worde
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Federal judges are rightly expected to meet the most stringent standards. Not only do almost all have lifetime appointments, but they also have unique powers over both the legislative and executive branches. On most matters, they have the final word. Almost none of the 98 justices who have sat on the Supreme Court have ever done anything even questionable, and the nation's highest tribunal has been uniquely free of outside influence...
...Maryland statute provides for a maximum of six months and $100 "if any person, by writing or speaking, shall blaspheme or curse God, or shall write or utter any profane words of and concerning our Saviour Jesus Christ, or of and concerning the Trinity, or any of the persons thereof." Similar statutes exist in half the states in the U.S. Most of them can be traced back to England and the 17th century, when penalties were harsh. In an early Maryland version of the law, first offenders had a hole bored through their tongues with a hot iron, second-timers...
King Kong. Only a few years ago, when racing was banned and even a hint of extra horsepower was taboo, "performance" was a dirty word in Detroit. But speed sells cars. So the industry has gone back to offering more and more horsepower and speed...
...faculty also exempted non-J.D. students from the new provision for anonymous grading, and eliminated the word "marginal" from a sentence authorizing professors in awarding course grades to "make marginal allowances for relevant factors apart from the examination...
...President ruled out unilateral withdrawal and said that such a move would be betraying his office, since it would not guarantee a permanent peace. He also excluded the possibility of a "disguised defeat" at the negotiating table, and said "prestige is not an empty word...