Word: abolitionism
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Wassily W. Leontieff, professor of economics, Morris A. Adelman, lecturer on law, and two Business School specialists, Malcolm P. McNair and Milton P. Brown, agreed that the abolition of this clause will help lower the prices of consumer goods distributed across state boundaries.
At present, off-the-course betting is legal only on a credit basis, a system which deliberately favors the well-to-do, discourages the poor from betting. Many licensed bookies are not interested in small accounts; the poor man therefore has his flutter (illegally) with a streetcorner bookie. Said London...
In 1882, the liberalization came when forced evening services were abolished. Twenty years later followed the abolition of the required Sunday afternoon chapel service. This was at the same time that a layman--Woodrow Wilson--was elected president of the university.
A month ago the anti-British riots were led by the extremist National Front. Frontist Chief Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq now seemed ready for moderation: he spoke of Premier Ala as his "friend of 30 years." But the Communists had no intention of letting calm and conciliation reign. In Teheran, they...
¶Charles James Fox justified his schoolboy reputation. He grew up to be the greatest orator of his day, supported both the American and French Revolutions, urged abolition of the slave trade and self-government for Ireland. Sir Joshua Reynolds was experimenting with carmines when he painted him; they faded...