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Word: custom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...went the case of five U. S. citizens, one a woman, who were jailed in Palma, Mallorca, last June for hitting and insulting a member of Spain's crack police, the Guardia Civil (TIME, July 24). All five had been acquitted last October by a military court. But custom required a military auditor to review and confirm such a verdict. It happened that the auditor was a monarchist and not above embarrassing the Republican government's diplomatic relations with the U. S. He appealed the case to the Supreme Court, irascibly demanding jail sentences of six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Mallorcan Insult | 1/29/1934 | See Source »

...worth of U. S. property exempt from taxation, nearly one quarter is owned by churches. Custom has sanctified this exemption, which stems from the time when Church and State were one. When they separated (Massachusetts had a State-supported Church until 1833), it was assumed that church property was devoted to public good. But currently more and more churchmen are beginning to question.their right to accept what amounts to a State subsidy for 210,924 U. S. church buildings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Church Taxes | 1/29/1934 | See Source »

...TIME departed from its established and promised custom of limiting its size to 80 pages? This week's issue (Jan. 8) contains 68 numbered pages in addition to 20 pages of color advertising, mostly automotive. I have seen no announcement regarding a change in your policy of confining your publication to 80 pages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 22, 1934 | 1/22/1934 | See Source »

First, recognition of the fact that in most countries gold coin has been effectively withdrawn from circulation and monetary gold has been concentrated very largely in the vaults of central banks. With this there has developed a custom of using gold bullion instead of coin to redeem the notes of central banks...

Author: By David Lawrence, | Title: Today in Washington | 1/19/1934 | See Source »

Although we have no desire to set ourselves up as a modern Mrs. Grundy we cannot refrain from protesting against the weird noises which sometimes emanate from the throats of Technology undergraduates. It is the custom for certain of the more musically inclined to whistle or even lift their voices in song (to be polite) whenever they leave a class. Perhaps it is a song of rejoicing or merely an expression of well being but in any case the result is apt to be distressing to anyone unfortunate enough to be within earshot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Seats of the M.I.T. | 1/15/1934 | See Source »

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