Word: alienable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...system proposed for the regulation of cutting, exemption would still be made in the case of honor students; probably only men in the lower groups would come under its jurisdiction. The Council, however, feels that the need is not yet strong enough to warrant imposing a system "so alien to all the traditions of Harvard education...
...excited because the "frustrated freight" first clogged ports and sidings; the State Department and Bureau of Economic Warfare because at least some of the nations were still "friendly" and angry about nondelivery; the Alien Property Custodian because "friendly" consignees had become enemies; Army, Navy, Maritime Commission, etc. because lots of the freight consisted of needed materials...
While Olson dawdled, Warren grabbed the ball, became a keyman in sponsoring anti-sabotage and alien legislation, organizing civil defense. With war the paramount issue, some Californians, conscious of their coastline, are beginning to think that Warren is the man to keep the ball...
...Aliens Entirely. But Ireland took its revenge on the alien Bowens. It was a revenge as formless and pervasive as a fog from the bogs. In their isolation the Bowens fell to fighting each other like spiders in a bottle. They fought about careers, buried treasure, inheritances, but mostly about the land. Tired of it all, Elizabeth's father deserted the land, from which the family had drawn its strength to survive. He became a city lawyer. Bowen's Court fell into disuse...
Representative Harold Knutson, in his column in the Brainerd (Minnesota) "Dispatch," discussed last week the Dies Committee's accusations against the Union for Democratic Action. Knutson cited a great many facts about U. D. A. leaders which in his opinion prove it is an alien group. His comment on Dr. James Loeb, executive secretary of the Union, was that Locb formerly taught Romance languages. --From the Nation, July...