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ASK THE GLOBE
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Q. Wasn't it a lawyer who said, "There is no such thing as
justice -- in or out of court."?
I.F., Lexington
A. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations indicates the famous
criminal lawyer Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) expressed that
opinion in an interview in Chicago in April 1936. One of Darrow's
best-known cases was the 1925 John T. Scopes trial in Dayton,
Tenn., in w...
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ASK THE GLOBE
The Boston Globe
; Q. Wasn't it a lawyer who said, "There is no such thing as justice -- in or out of court I.F., Lexington A. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations indicates the famous criminal lawyer Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) expressed that opinion in an interview in Chicago in April 1936. One of Darrow's
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Cheerleaders who they couldn't stop coming to London ; FLORIDA BAND IGNORE TERROR BAN TO BE IN MAYOR'S PARADE
Evening Standard - London
; AN AMERICAN cheerleading troupe barred from London's New Year's Day parade over terrorism fears finally took part after parents vetoed the ban. Children from Florida's Fort Myers High School Marching Band defied state education chiefs to attend yesterday's event in the capital. The 117-strong band
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Praises House GOP delegation
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
; TO THE EDITOR: It is indeed remarkable the entire Lancaster County Republican House delegation has defied State Sen. Gibson Armstrong and unanimously voted against his proposed changes to House Bill 983 - legislation designed to specifically help the proposed hotel and convention center for
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Conn. suit's focus on Navy pollution
The Boston Globe
; HARTFORD -- The state of Connecticut is planning to sue the Navy over hundreds of alleged environmental violations at the Navy Submarine base in Groton, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said yesterday. Blumenthal said the Navy has "persistently" defied state and federal environmental laws at the
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Battles over evolution refuse to evolve.(Last Month in Education)(public schools evolution)
Curriculum Review
; ... board members to resign, and a legal fight over the policy seems likely. The Grantsville, Wisconsin, school board made national news with a requirement that science instructors teach alternatives to evolution. But after a round of national publicity and local ...
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STOP WHINING AND TAKE THE STAND.(Editorial)
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
; Byline: Lexington Herald-Leader It's time for Gov. Ernie Fletcher to appear before the grand jury investigating his administration's merit-system hiring. He should testify under oath and do it soon. Fletcher's hiring initiative was a corrupt political machine that openly defied state laws that
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Judge defies state sentencing law
Chicago Sun-Times
; CAMBRIDGE, Ill. A Henry County judge has defied state law and refused to sentence a child killer to life in prison. Judge Jay Hanson refused Thursday to sentence Tabitha Pollock to life without parole. He said the law that ordered him to do so was unconstitutional. Pollock, 25, of Kewanee, was
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Modernity and re-enchantment.(Modernity and Re-enchantment: Religion in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam)(Book review)
Pacific Affairs
; ... professional women who incorporate Saint Tran Hung Dao. Endres looks at the evaluations ... women in Hanoi who are channeling Saint Tran as a mode of self-empowerment in a reform ... men predominated as mediums in the Saint Tran cult, and women played the role of afflicted ...
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Hilmi: Two reps who abstained from voting defied State BN
New Straits Times
; ... Deputy Chief Minister, said this after giving away Hari Raya gifts to the poor in Bayan Lepas here. He was asked to comment on a news report quoting State MCA chairman Wong Kam Hoong that Dr Hilmi may have not briefed Lim and Tan in advance over the motion. However ...
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SAF Blasts Killadelphia Mayor, Council Over Measures Defying State Law
U.S. Newswire
; To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation, +1- 425-454-7012 BELLEVUE, Wash., April 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and the City Council have defied state statute by enacting several anti-gun measures, essentially acting like urban
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