Word: bachelor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...abolish the right of an accused lord to trial by his peers. Reason: taxpayers object to forking up the $50,000 such trials can cost. Introducing a motion to brand the right of a peer to trial by the House of Lords as "archaic," Bachelor Viscount Sankey, recently Lord Chancellor, last week declared...
...five years spent over the chess boards and bridge tables, he is seeking not only an A. B. in May, eight months after entering the University, but also his Master's degree in August. Super-Scooter MacMurray has already taken seven of nine comprehensive examinations needed for his bachelor's degree. Score: four A's, two B's, one D (in Physical Sciences). His formula: study 14 hours a day (with the aid of chocolate bars and coffee) for several days, then take two days off to go hiking...
...nether part with those of the Family of Howard. The great Duke of Norfolk is charged as Earl Marshal with the proclamation of a new King's accession, with the supervision of the funeral of a late King, of the Coronation of his successor and thereafter, if a bachelor King marries, of his nuptials...
...addition to its training of professional city and regional planners, the school is now offering instruction in city planning to men specializing in other professions. In this connection Mr. Hubbard urged that a course in city planning "be open to undergraduates and be counted toward a Harvard Bachelor's degree, as offering a kind of knowledge which might reasonably form a part of the preparation of an educated man to take his place in moderen society...
Among the reports which issue out of University Hall, we hope to find a suggestion for initiating a three year college course which will recognize the fact that a Bachelor of Arts has spent one third of a normal lifetime in gaining his degree. And with all branches of the business and professional world demanding more specialization, it has become necessary to seek special knowledge in post-graduate courses of from one to four years...