Word: answerable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...judges decide the winners of the case solely on the merit of their argument, based on four points; the structure of the briefs, the value of the cases cited, the presentation, and ability to answer questions propounded by the judges. After the decision has been rendered, the judges customarily state what the law is, and what the decision would be were the case to be tried in an actual court of justice...
...worth the trouble when they appear. Said he: "I once asked an old fellow in a military cloak, watching his line in a sluggish stream in Alsace, 'What kind of a fish are you expecting to catch?' 'All kinds,' was his gruff but very proper answer. ... I confess that I do not care to hear a publisher shouting from his crow's nest "There she blows!' when I have reason to think that his whale is only a porpoise. But meanwhile there are few pleasanter sights than porpoises rolling in the sunshine...
...answer there came none...
...kind or another during the term, the assignments tend to increase in these last few days rather than diminish. Then on the first day of the examination period, according to the present schedule, some thirty courses are listed in about a dozen different departments of importance. The first answer to such a situation would seem to be that reviews should be started several weeks sooner; but if humanity were gifted with memories which would co-operate with such a scheme, reviews would not be necessary in the first place...
...Answer the following questions in a word when possible...