Word: bound
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...late William Howard Taft. Surgeon Leale's claim of first-to-Lincoln rested largely on his own sworn statement on reporting the autopsy to the Surgeon-General. Dr. Leale also claimed to have put the half-dollars on the dead Lincoln's staring eyes, to have bound up the drooping jaw with a pocket handkerchief...
...provision of the Treaty of Versailles (Part XIII). Each participating nation sends four delegates, two representing its Government and the other two Labor and Capital. Recommendations passed by the Conference are of course nonbinding, but it may also adopt draft conventions and these the 55 member nations are bound to submit to their parliaments for adherence or rejection. None of the 31 draft conventions adopted by sessions of the Conference thus far has been ratified unanimously, but 30 of these 31 conventions have been adopted by one or more nations and are binding upon the ratifiers. The 31st and completely...
...book of this type, previous acquaintance with the characters treated is bound to influence one's preference. Mr. Bradford's interpretation of Lord Byron as a man who was moved more by the glamor of sin than by sin itself will not seem new or very illuminating to anyone fairly familiar with the life and work of the poet. The portrait of the Borgia, painted against the background of a blood-and-roses Renaissance (that familiar stage-set) deals too casually with the violent contrasts which from constant repitition have lost their original value...
...Received a letter from Federal Judge Wilkerson, nominee for the Circuit Court, explaining that he had never bound himself to accept the prosecutor's recommendation of a light sentence for Scarface Al Capone in return for a plea of guilty, but had permitted withdrawal of that plea because the defense insisted on full acceptance of the prosecutor's recommendation or nothing...
...done in the preceding September, or still earlier. It is necessary that Masters and Head Tutors of the various Houses be able to trust each other in this matter if they are to have any peace of mind. The continuance of the present irregularity in selecting members is bound to have an unfortunate effect on the personnel of all the Houses; those Houses which refuse to give a definite answer to eager applicants before all applications are received will undoubtedly appear less attractive...