Word: abolitionism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
They voted for abolition. Under British procedure the bill could not become law until approved by the House of Lords, or if they chose not to approve, Commons could, at the end of two years, reaffirm its vote and make it law anyway. But, with four murderers under death sentence...
In the end, the Lords rejected the abolition bill, 181 to 28, sent it back to Commons for reconsideration. For once, the Lords and public opinion were in line. A public-opinion poll showed a large majority of Britons in favor of keeping capital punishment.
The resolution admitted that Henry Wallace's party was not all that could be desired. Certain ideological faults would have to be corrected. "It is necessary to expose the illusion that the abolition of monopoly rule . . . will usher in a system of 'progressive capitalism' " (a pet idea...
New President. The darkest blot on the Philippine idyl is the two-year-old insurrection of the Hukbalahaps* of central Luzon. Although they are led by Communists, most Huks (pronounced hooks) are still (as the Chinese Communists once pretended to be) basically discontented farmers. The main demand of the Huks...
Abolition of the Jayvee hockey team was a special case because ice is not available in Boston for the skaters next winter. "I'm not even certain we can secure ice for the Varsity," Bingham added.