Word: extent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prose swiftly, comprehendingly. and retentively; that he be able to express himself in speech and writing grammatically, literately, and precisely; that he has learned the basic lesson of using a dictionary. But we have found that few of our entering students, however carefully selected, possess these skills to the extent needed for law study...
Ready, who had not heard of the firecracker "attack" on policemen, said that if the students were caught, they would be brought to the Dean's Office and court, where they would be punished to "the full extent of the law." He also insisted that the towing away of cars was not being carried on at any special rate...
...underlay the conception of this field at its beginning. Throughout the last twenty years, such fields as English and History have liberalized their concentration. We see no reason to try to duplicate what they, with better resources, are able to do. History and Literature justifies itself only to the extent that it does what other fields of concentration cannot do. This includes a genuine merging of the study of history with the study of literature. We wish to get away from a tendency of many concentrators now to dichotomize this field in their own thinking and to concentrate heavily...
...some extent, NATO is a victim of its own success. Statesmen, who are politicians when they get back home, have found it all too easy to believe that their security is the result, not of their own strength but of a change in Russian hearts. "The threat of war is diminishing." they chant...
That is beside the point, however. The University of Chicago and others with similar programs are not trying to root out anything, but only to add to the fund of understanding that acute and observant jurists like Judge Hand have built up. To the extent that the sanctity of the jury is well-grounded, study cannot hurt. To the extent that this sanctity is just empty-handed reverence for an ancient part of the legal machine, it can hardly justify the political attacks on legitimate and needed research...