コーネル大学の調査によると、醜い被告人は甘いマスクの持ち主より２２％以上有罪判決が下される可能性がある。の英語

According to a Cornell University study, unattractive defendants are 22 percent more likely to be convicted than good-looking ones.

A church in Los Angeles has decided to press charges against a homeless man who stole a few cookies from the church's cookie jar.

a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus

With his colored clothes, his long wig and his white gloves, one could guess he has run away from some kind of Disneyland.

I preferred wearing my Hawaiian T-shirt and green shorts to be cool and different, but I quickly got used to the white shirt and black slacks.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) warns it is about time for dealers to start selling their hidden antiquities.

Because of the sudden high demand for black clothes, they are now in short supply and prices for black clothing have sharply increased.

a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered

a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law

Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.

a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles)

In ancient Rome, the bodyguards who surrounded the wealthy and powerful to protect them when they walked the streets, were called satellites.

They look like ordinary wedding rings, but in fact they are special rings that contain top-secret information about the most important witnesses against organized crime.

According to Maeda Terunobu, the chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association, it is unlikely that cash cards could be forged from the information obtained by the hidden cameras and then used to withdraw cash.

The age-verification system was introduced last July but many smokers still do not have a taspo card and are buying cigarettes at convenience stores instead.

They believed that the streets of America were paved with gold.

gone was the casually dressed Canadian she had thought a backwoodsman--this man was immaculately tailored

a voluminous cotton outer garment (usually white) traditionally worn by Muslim women of northern Africa and the Middle East

If the demolition of buildings is uncontrolled, a fine city is in danger of becoming nothing more than a concrete jungle.

a one-piece tight-fitting undergarment for women that covers the torso (and may have sleeves and legs)

It is the border-line cases that are always in danger: the dignified buildings of the past which may possess no real artistic or historic value, but which people have become sentimentally attached to and have grown to love.

But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.

Students at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology ride Segways on campus to deliver documents or pick up trash.

A Tokyu Hands spokesperson says that many parents are buying scissors to cut their children's hair.

The Institute has confirmed that a small dish found among the fragments has a nearly complete hiragana version of the Iroha Uta written on it in sumi ink.

According to a study by the committee, a concrete wall covered with wood can release more heat than concrete alone, especially after the sun goes down.

in your 1850 church you not infrequently find a dramatic contrast between the sumptuous appointments of the building itself and the inhuman barrack-like living conditions in the church room

Local ice hockey teams and dance teams dressed up for Christmas call out, "Merry Christmas!" and the people along the street reply, "Merry Christmas!"

Most men don’t own a pair of zori. But quite a few women do, because they have more of a chance to wear a kimono than men do.

In addition to traditional tangible goods, people are said to be showing strong brand loyalty to some free internet-based services, such as Google, Twitter and Facebook.