Word: swaying
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...held no such sway over the jury. The seven men and five women deliberated for more than 37 hours but needed only one vote to reach a verdict. Said Juror Constance F. Jenrette, a laid-off factory worker: "Everything just fit together all of a sudden." They apparently were persuaded by the prosecution argument that Von Bülow wanted to kill Sunny so he could marry another woman, New York Socialite Alexandra Isles, 36, without losing his share of his wife's $75 million fortune. In 1979 and again in 1980, Sunny lapsed into comas, the second irreversible...
...Both sway. Are fragrant
...students who lobbied in Washington at the beginning of the week--under the auspices of groups like the United States Student Association (USSA) and the Coalition of Private College and University Students (COPUS)--pursued a less-directed strategy, using every available weapons to sway as many Congressman as possible to vote against the proposed budget...
...have long counseled against any case-by-case approach because it would strip the University of the moral leverage of an absolute ban, and because, in others' hands, it has proven unable to sway the repressive Botha regime. And we continue to favor total divestiture of Harvard's holdings in all corporations that deal with South Africa...
Student members of the ACSR said a large turnout at the open meeting might help sway alumni and faculty against the proposed change in policy...