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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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IS SOLE CHECK FOR MURDERS | 2/13/1929 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TIE THAT BINDS | 2/12/1929 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: ''Alexander the Absolute | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Rockefeller v. Stewart | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Great Eye | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

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