Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...interest of the people as a whole is paramount," continued Professor Beale. "Reasons against the proposed change are: the weakening of the defenses against murder, if the punishment is not thought adequate; prisoners would expect to be and frequently are freed before their term ends; capital punishment alone cannot be avoided, as imprisonment can be by release after the public has forgotten the crime...
...desire to attempt it. But they have no choice. The examination passed in Junior year was not only a ticket to the honors arena; if dismissed from their minds their field as a whole. Without this examination, without dismissing their entire field to embrace specialization, they cannot receive a distinction degree...
...ministers that I have chosen are exclusively honest and capable men. There are five Croats in the cabinet, so that that part of the nation cannot claim to be oppressed...
Round 15. Col. Stewart, piqued, in Chicago, shot back to Mr. Rockefeller Sr. a letter: "I could have understood the silence of a father under the circumstances. I cannot understand your making this statement, unless you have been deliberately misinformed...
...Great Eye," said he, is that which perceives "the division of light and shadow through an infinite number of planes . . . the secret of all living paintings or sculpture." Sculptor Barnard waved a finger at a twisted motif on his mantel, where graceful shadows tremulously yielded to high lights. Fakers cannot achieve this subtle chiaroscuro, so they roughen their surfaces with sandblasting to simulate...