blue-ribbon jury
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This week a blue-ribbon jury of noted economists from ten nations,* completing a 14-month study for the United Nations, reached a similar conclusion.
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The most elite panel, New York State's "blue-ribbon" jury, is used almost exclusively to hear complex civil and criminal cases.
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When one New York blue-ribbon jury convicted two criminal defendants, their lawyers appealed to the U.S.
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Heckled by parents, the state legislature named a blue-ribbon jury to examine the quality of California's schooling.
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The hand-picked "blue-ribbon" jury saw its duty and did it.
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