Word: abolitionism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Club abolition movements soon started. In 1913 President Woodrow Wilson tried to establish a house system similar to that adopted here. Four years later saw the first sophomore "revolt." Petitions, Club board resignations, and 'Princetonian' editorials ensued, but World War I prematurely ended the fracas. Fruitless revolts materialized in 1925...
Trying its best to cope, the conference passed resolutions calling for: 1) a ceasefire in Korea, 2) release of all Japanese war criminals, 3) repatriation of Japanese prisoners still held by the Russians, 4) the abolition of war toys throughout the world. Said Fellowship President Dr. Gunapala Malalasekera of Ceylon...
Commenting on French's arrest, Lyon said it "is dramatic evidence of the inadequacy of the Selective Service Law as it applies to conscientious objectors. In fairness to the lawmakers, it should be said that there is no real solution for the religious pacifist short of the abolition of war...
Secondly, Nixon denied. As newswires sizzled with the story that he had helped a trustee of his fund out of a tax hole, Nixon asserted that he had neither incurred or played off any obligation to his angels. Right or wrong, he missed the point. Private funds of this nature...
Economy was the primary reason for the leanness of the relationship in the past. The complete abolition of athletic connections between Harvard and Princeton from 1926 to 1934 did not help, either.