Word: abolitionism
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If it is true that caning and cold baths serve to develop moral character, as any old-school guardsman would attest, then the English character may decline to an almost Mediterranean level. As of Jan. 1, corporal punishment is being banned in London's 620 state primary schools (the...
Charging that the House Committee on Internal Security poses "a serious danger to freedom of expression in America" and "serves no useful purpose in our governmental structure," law professors from 92 schools across the nation have petitioned Congress in an attempt to bring about abolition of the Committee.
The era was of great significance. It still seems true that American painting and sculpture during those 30 years reached a level of quality and invention that it never had before and may not soon regain. But creative periods do not last forever, and the desire to invent does not...
It calls for immediate withdrawal from Indochina, abolition of the draft, dismantling of military bases, an end to wage controls, a shorter work week without a cut in pay, socialization of medicine, public works, and a 100 per cent tax on incomes above $25,000 per year, as well as...
Student trust in the CRR rapidly evaporated after April 1970 following a series of moves by the Faculty which vitiated the substance of the Resolution. The student representatives resigned from the Committee, the student body several times refused to send new representatives, and the abolition of the CRR itself was...