Word: allowing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...keep the Court young. A Constitutional amendment was offered by Senator Burke of Nebraska proposing to allow Supreme Court Justices to retire on full pay at 70 and require them to do so at 75. Although this was based on the President's argument that younger judges are needed, it did not appeal particularly to most liberals, because the two outstanding examples in recent years of aged justices have been the Court's famed Liberals, Justice Holmes who resigned at 90 and Justice Brandeis who at 80 is still on the bench...
...attempt to capture the flash and beauty of bright metals and bits of color actually in motion. Ten years ago the same problem greatly troubled such an arch-conservative as the late Bashford Dean, curator of arms & armor at the Metropolitan Museum, who begged the museum trustees to allow him to put real men at arms stalking about the corridors in the belief that his beloved harnesses were empty shells unless worn by living models...
...consider any technical details such as new entrance requirements or a possible 4-year course. In general, however, he favors the recent tightening of entrance requirements, resulting in a smaller first year class and necessitating fewer flunks at the end of that year. This plan will not only allow a more efficient program during the first year, but in cutting the number of failures, will be in itself beneficial. "Too often," Mr. Landis said, "these failures leave a deep scar on their victims, one that never entirely disappears...
...terribly upset!" moaned Authoress Joan Young. "There was nothing regarding Mrs. Simpson in my script. I was shocked and astounded! I cannot say anything more, as the B. B. C. will not allow...
...quietly in my district here . . . and allow my fellow countrymen who stand for the law ... to witness a man going with dripping fingers to the ballot box. The registration and voting of people who are not naturalized citizens is a crime. ... I am informed the names of such persons will be presented to you. ... If a man casts a dishonest ballot he cocks and fires a gun at the heart of America. Whether a bribe is given or taken in a Congressional election, it is a violation of the laws of the U. S. I am informed violations of this...