Now think of the possibilities, at this remarkable moment in time--as we climb out of the global downturn, enter the so-called "new normal" set of economic conditions, adapt to a business and competitive environment of accelerating complexity and stand witness to a historic explosion of information.
At one point in the proceedings, when photographs were introduced showing a smiling Mr. Valle with his now-17-month-old daughter, Ms. Mangan-Valle was crying so hard that U.S. District Court Judge Paul Gardephe allowed her to step down from the witness stand to compose herself.
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But the testimony of the boy's mother that was an unmitigated disaster for prosecutors, who by the end of her five-day turn on the stand began to object to their own witness's testimony.
Two weeks ago at a bankruptcy hearing at a federal courthouse in Baltimore, Beverly Carden, AccuPay's former president, took the Fifth Amendment on the witness stand, refusing to testify about the company's operations or its assets.
Judge Oscar Magi ruled Berlusconi's testimony is admissible at the trial, essentially giving defense attorneys the right to call the premier to the witness stand, said the court official, who was not authorized to speak with the media.
Another defense witness, Mary Anne Gerchas, advertised as a winner, never made it to the witness stand.
The newly-introduced system, the "open secret ballot system", allows each voter to stand and witness the ballot box opened, the votes counted, the results declared.
Jeffs, who had stood expressionless and silent before the jury for nearly half hour during his closing arguments, called only one defence witness to the stand - a man who read from Mormon scripture.
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Former Simpson house guest Kato Kaelin will apparently return to the witness stand despite objections by plaintiffs' lawyers.
Magi also ruled that former prime minister Romano Prodi may also be called to the witness stand.
But on the fifth day, the prosecutors rescued their reputation by calling Luis Singson to the witness stand.
Both sides rested their cases Monday after the defense called back to the witness stand two friends of Clarkson.
Let's call Sidney Blumenthal and John Podesta to the witness stand, and I would concede that they would be adverse witnesses.
The phrase is a technical term that essentially allows a French magistrate to continue to call the ex-president to the witness stand.
Prosecutors also plan to call Monsignor Kevin Quirk to the witness stand.
Teresa Sarmina suggested that perhaps prosecutors call Avery to the witness stand.
Simpson prosecutors said they will not call to the witness stand the controversial pathologist who performed the autopsies on Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.
Holwell, Anil Kumar, the McKinsey consultant, walked to the witness stand, where he stood for a moment, in a dark suit and tie, and bowed his head, his hands clasped before him.
Maureen Hartingan, a former high school classmate of Valle, followed Sauer to the witness stand, saying she hadn't seen him in a couple of years when he suggested that he stop by her job to say hello.
Now, if we had Mr. Jordan on the witness stand, which I hope to be able to call Mr. Jordan, you would need to probe where his loyalties lie, listen to the tone of his voice, look into his eyes and determine the truthfulness of his statements.
The decision about whether to have a defendant take the witness stand can be the most important one in a criminal case, because the entire trial tends to turn on that performance, good or bad, legal experts say.
To do that he put on the witness stand all those people who had seen the three boys on the route from the shopping centre to the railway line.
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Mr. Libby, we still don't know if he's going to take the witness stand.
Stewart and Penney CEO Ron Johnson are among those expected to take the witness stand in coming days.
Taking to the the witness stand in the pair's court battle over the disputed money, Mr Calzaghe denied any verbal agreement.
Prosecutors said Monday the former altar boy whom Avery admitted molesting in the church sacristy is scheduled to take the witness stand this week.
He said it is premature to predict the fallout for Lee, but noted that one of his strengths as a witness is his ability to stand up to tough cross-examinations.
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However, Gupta would have to take the witness stand while the prosecutor asked questions that would fill in the blanks of how they believed the insider transaction went down between Gupta and Rajaratnam.
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Gilberto Valle opted Tuesday not to take the witness stand in federal court in Manhattan, cutting short the defense case and making it likely that jurors will get the case before the end of the week.
Rosa Monckton, who was going to stand as a character witness in your trial last year, has written in the Sunday Telegraph that you've now joined the rest of the vultures in picking over the bones of her existence.
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