Word: abolitionism
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Charging Interest. Except for the cardinal Red principle of state ownership of property, no part of the Soviet economic edifice was eventually spared the reformers' wrecking balls. One editor proposed abolition of Russia's 50% consumer goods tax, argued that all Soviet revenues could be derived from a...
Two plans of re-organization emerged. One, the official Phillips-Council plan, recommended retaining the Council, but enlarging its membership to include the presidents of all undergraduate organizations and five members of each of the three upper classes. The other, recommended by Dunster House and endorsed by Dean Monro, advocated...
Complicating the situation is the fact that the old HCUA leaves office at the end of February. If the constitutional issue is not settled by that time, an election will have to be held. The main issue of the election would unquestionably be the abolition of the HCUA.
Limited Time. Once Britain abolishes the death penalty, only two countries in Western Europe-France and Spain-will still retain capital punishment. None of the other abolition countries have faced a sharp rise in the incidence of murder, which suggests to the abolitionists that the death penalty never acted as...
*Before it becomes law, the bill must pass the House of Lords, which in 1956 rejected a similar bill. But the huge vote for abolition in the Commons is thought certain to swing the Lords this time.