Word: distinctively
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Review for December opens with an interesting article on "The Right to Privacy," written by Messrs. Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis, jointly, The authors trace the gradual recognition of a legal right to privacy distinct from the right to property, and rapidly becoming of great importance in the age of newspaper intrusion and instantaneous photography. They point out that a right to privacy is recognized by statute in France, and ought to be in America, so that a sure remedy could be secured in case of the violation of a man's privacy beyond the limit to which...
...Hebrew history, namely, native and foreign. The first consists chiefly of the Old Testament itself, a Jewish writer named Josephus, and the ruins and inscriptions in Palestine. The most important foreign source is the cuneiform writing of Mesopotamia. The whole Hebrew Biblical history may be divided into five distinct periods, each marked by various characteristics. The adoption of monotheism was one of the most noteworthy of these...
...planning a series of electives. This grouping has also led to a revision of, the courses in many departments, with the result of making them more systematic. Some courses which formerly took up subjects partially covered by other courses have now been recast so as to cover distinct ground. Others have been introduced to add a link in a series of consecutive courses, and others have been found wholly unnecessary. The revision has extended to the departments themselves, and has led to the division of the Natural History department into its three branches, a more complete separation even than...
...That distinct provision be made for the submitting of lists of players and substitutes of the teams and for the settlement of controversies as to eligibility a reasonable time before the opening of the athletic seasons...
...children. Originally there was no intention of starting a club for boys, but the boys themselves demanded recognition, and the first club was such a success that two more were started and all are doing earnest work. The children are taught cooking, sewing, hygiene, etc., but there is no distinct religious instruction. The settlement also discharges the functions of the penny provident fund, which receives deposits of one cent or more. The basement of the building is fitted with bath rooms which do not nearly supply the demands made upon them, although at first the Rivington street natives hardly knew...