Word: enlightenment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Outside," said the Justice sharply, his finger kept pointed at the man, "That gentleman right there. Leave the room! " Without a word the man scrambled to his feet and hurried from the court. Justice Wagner refused to enlighten reporters as to his reasons. Whatever the outcome of the case, one thing is sure-it is being proved that a man, no matter how rich, no matter how influential, no matter how generously endowed with astute counsel, must bow to the yoke of the Law. Over the portals of the court house where the case is being tried, appears...
...Irish Times, Dublin journal, said: " We confess that after a very careful study of de Valera's proposals we are not in a position to enlighten ourselves." The general anti-Republican opinion throughout Ireland is that it is an ambiguous document and needs a good deal of elucidation by de Valera before it can be seriously considered...
...number of bright lads in the country who, as wee tots of seventeen, astonish their parents by anticipating English A; then breeze through college, dashing off keen editorials in which they use such big words as "Syndicalism", "exploitation", and "Johannesburg"; and finally fare forth in the world to enlighten the public through the editorial columns of your "New York Timeses", your "Chicago Tribunes", and your "Boston Transcripts". (This last is, I confess, modeled after your clever, but somewhat misguided--no offense--allusion of some time ago to "your Hylans, your Thompsons, and your Curleys". Forgive me; I find so many...
...publishing the report of the special committee to collect facts regarding the time required of students participating in certain athletic sports the Faculty has entered an entirely new field. While the immediate purpose of the report is to enlighten inquisitive minds as to the effect of athletics on scholastic standing. It is responsible for a result of greater importance than mere facts. For the first time in this history of the College the Faculty has resorted to statistical investigation on a matter of importance; in fact, it is hard to recall any similar far-reaching inquiry at any other large...