In the seventies and eighties, the seemingly permanent urban crisis became the verdict that American civilization had passed on itself.
The victim, Nicole Barrett, 28, a Texas native who suffered a fractured skull and permanent brain damage, awaited the verdict in a nearby office.
It was the first detailed response from the Philippines to Tuesday's verdict by the permanent court of arbitration in The Hague declaring that China's claims to the resource-rich and strategically vital South China Sea had no legal basis.
Not only do Labour people regard Clegg as a crypto-Tory, his survival in office would look as if a permanent political elite had defied the verdict of the people.
This verdict will cast a long permanent shadow over the patient work of Serb, Croat, Bosnian and Kosovar associations which have been tirelessly working for justice and reconciliation.
Speaking at a Congregational church in Queens, Norman Siegel, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said the verdict highlighted the need for a permanent special prosecutor to handle police brutality cases, among other reforms to investigate and prevent police misconduct.
Eventually, she hopes the commission's work could form the basis for a permanent institute to rival the powerful IFS, whose verdict on budgets and spending reviews is dreaded by ministers.
On that day, Germany's constitutional court will announce its verdict on the legality of the European Stability Mechanism, the permanent rescue fund for struggling eurozone countries.
The government was forced to abandon its desire to create a permanent list of suspects for future crimes by a damning verdict by the European court of human rights.
After all, there are no multilateral compliance-enforcement mechanisms to force China -- a permanent member of the UN Security Council -- to abide by any unfavorable verdict.
