Word: formality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...held, nevertheless. The subject under discussion will be: "Resolved. That this house believes that capital punishment should be abolished." The speakers representing the affirmative are W. M. Sheehan '29 and R. G. West '29. Those upholding the negative will be Victor Quong '29 and Morrison Sharp '29. After the formal speeches an open forum will be held...
...will not put an adversary to his proof in respect to facts whose existence my client admits. I will refrain from merely formal or technical objection to the admission of evidence...
...have passed since young Franz Schubert was taken with typhus fever and died. Town officials were informed of his death . . . just another of those hungry-looking musical fellows. . . . They went to his lodgings, pounded on the door, pushed their way in when there was no answer. . . . They made a formal list of his leavings-six pairs of shoes, a hat, thirteen pairs of socks, a shabby suit, a blanket...
...unlimited number of terms undesirable. As long as the people can exercise unimpeded their right to choose the, executive, it is their prerogative to support a man of great constructive ability, if any shall appear, until the need for him no longer exists. But if the legislative body, in formal session, is to thus pass resolutions against an individual candidate, the fear at once arises that a powerful administration could keep its leader indefinitely. Such, indeed, is the procedure in England, but it is efficient because the governing functions are not torn every four years by the dissensions of campaigning...
...Rang in his ears an ancestral catch: "What e're betide, what e're betide, Haig shall be Haig of Bemerside!" Did he hum those words when, amid a murderous fire at Ypres, he went to hearten his troops within the battle area itself? Characteristically the last formal act of his life was to address a Boy Scout rally, last week on his estate. "Stand up for England when people speak disrespect- fully of her!" he said. On the evening of the next day, as Earl Haig stood up to put on his pajamas and then sat down...