Word: actes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sent to Congress a bill of particulars on how he proposes to trade atomic military science with Britain under the relaxed secrecy act just passed by Congress. "Artificial barriers to sharing," he wrote, are "wasteful in the extreme...
...Court of Appeals decision. Supreme Court policy, seldom breached, is to refrain from reviewing lower-court decisions until the Court of Appeals has its say. But recognizing the "vital importance of the time element," the Supreme Court urged the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (St. Louis) to "act upon the applications for a stay or the appeal in ample time to permit arrangements to be made for the next school year...
...Since seaway construction started in 1954, Cook County (Chicago) Congressmen have twice voted unanimously to extend the tariff-chopping Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act...
...Jesuit Father Ulpiano López, an expert in canon law, declared: "The validity of marriage depends exclusively on the mutual consent and surrender of the two persons who give themselves to each other in love and trust." If consent is obtained by means of falsehoods or threats, the act of marriage is invalid. He cited the case of a man who was compelled to marry under threat of death. The church can declare a marriage null if it finds a condition invalidating it at its inception, concluded Father...
This year there was no stuffing of the ballot boxes. The fans who made a farce of last year's All-Star baseball game by swamping the National League squad with Cincinnati Redlegs, never got into the act. The teams for the 25th annual mid-season show were chosen by votes of players, managers and coaches...