The sense which is relevant to these stories is the one which we define as "to record on tape and especially magnetic tape." This sense dates back to the 1940s, originally in reference to recording television shows and music, rather than political opponents.Ĭrosby to Be Taped From Now on as Tests Show Improvements. Tape is a word of considerable semantic breadth, as both a verb and a noun. Maggie Haberman, The New York Times, 12 Aug. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, as he fired her in December in the Situation Room, a breach of security protocols, but one that revealed him suggesting that she could face damage to her reputation if she did not leave quietly. Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly taped John F. The shifting nature of what it means to tape someone arose last week as well, when a number of web sites and newspapers reported on the habit of former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman of recording her conversations. It must be more than an imaginary doubt, and it is often defined judicially as such doubt as would cause a reasonable person to hesitate before acting in a matter of importance." A reasonable doubt exists when a factfinder cannot say with moral certainty that a person is guilty or a particular fact exists. We define reasonable doubt as "a doubt especially about the guilt of a criminal defendant that arises or remains upon fair and thorough consideration of the evidence or lack thereof." A note at this entry in our dictionary states further "Proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt is required for conviction of a criminal defendant. The judge told them reasonable doubt “is a doubt based on reason,” but added: “The government is not required to prove guilt beyond all possible doubt.” Third, they asked if the judge could “redefine reasonable doubt.” Jurors sometimes struggle with what constitutes a reasonable doubt of someone’s guilt, versus an unreasonable doubt. On Thursday evening several publications reported that jurors in the case against Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, had asked for a definition of reasonable doubt. While we provide numerous definitions for senses of respect (as a verb and a noun) we also recognize that there are certain phenomena of beauty, such as Sarah Vaughan's vibrato and Aretha Franklin's voice, which must in some way remain indefinable. People may be in search of an etymology, a quote, pronunciation, or simply a desire to draw an association between vocabulary and memory. This increase in lookups should not necessarily be taken as evidence that people are unaware of some meaning of respect words are often looked up for reasons independent of meaning. This word, which served as the title of what was perhaps Franklin's best known song, has been in English use since the 14th century, and comes from the Latin respectus (which literally means "act of looking back"). The news that Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, had passed away sent many people to looking up the definition of respect. Whereupon Super Sub John Kennedy walked by, and in mock seriousness demanded: "Are you still talking about that bunt you beat out, Reggie? I hit a dinger, and nobody interviews me." 1904īy the early 1970s dinger was seeing use specifically referring to a home run. Daily Illinois State Register (Springfield, IL), 21 Jun. There was a great shout when Neal, the first to bat, hit a dinger to center field for one bag. Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE), 20 Apr. Justice obliterated the venerable Joshua at the pan. It may occasionally be found used in reference to baseballs hit with considerable force, but which are not home runs (in such cases dinger is possibly functioning as a shortening of humdinger). The word has come about in several slang and colloquial contexts over the past few centuries. Ayers, Katherine G.We've got some real humdingers in there this week.ĭinger, an informal baseball term meaning "home run," was on the minds of many last week, after a video went viral featuring Little Leaguer and new American icon Alfred "Big Al" Delia announcing "I hit dingers."Īlfred knows what girls want, DINGERS #LLWS /PIxNxn5AjL- Around The Bases POD August 11, 2018 Bergeron, Donna Marie Noon, Attorney Richard E. Vitorino, Jose 'Carlos' Sousa, Albertina Camara, Manuel Aguiar Santos, Maria J. (Albert) Gouveia, David Joseph Jarmalowicz, M. "Meme" Meza, Maria Olimpia Cora, Edward 'Eddie' Major Clair M. Krowchun, William Michael Carnevale, Elaine R. Cardoso, Maria Selina (Augusta Machado) Cardoso
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