Word: ascertain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attempted to ascertain who he was and met with some unresponsiveness on his part," the officer testified, referring to him and his black partner. Further questioning revealed that Ezera did not "out and out refuse to identify himself. He produced something from his wallet with a name and something with Harvard written on it--I don't recall what." Burns charged that he did not believe that Ezera was actually the man arrested. The judge asked that the lawyers approach the bench. Following a brief discussion the judge declared Ezera not guilty. With clenched fist Ezera walked...
...court-appointed psychiatrist, Dr Martha Livingstone (Adale O'Brien), arrives at the convent to question Agnes in order to ascertain her mental state and to find out who impregnated her. A third party, Mother Superior Miriam Ruth, acts as a buffer between the two. Mother Miriam (Anne Pitoniak) has been married and mothered two children, but her vocation has convinced her that there is a realm of the saints and she apprehends that Agnes...