Word: germanizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Peter's apprenticeship was interrupted by his induction into the German Army in the first World War. Sent to the Eastern front, he was captured by the Russians and spent three years in various prison camps. At one time, he was in a road gang building a railroad in the Caucasus. "It was very hard work," Peter reminisces, "and I wondered why I should work there if I could never ride on that train. I noticed the guard wasn't looking, so I just moved a little in the woods. Then a little more. It took them three months...
...most notable difference between American and German university life, the German lawyers felt, is that no German universities provide dormitory facilities...
...Fifteen German jurists concluded a six day visit to Harvard yesterday. The group, made up of judges and law professors, is on an American Military Government-sponsored tour to study legal education and the legal structure of the United States...
Although they admire much in American teaching methods, the legal experts said, they doubted if many reforms were possible in German legal instruction because of the difference in legal systems. German law is codified, whereas American law rests on precedent...
...French Club will sponsor the discussion, which will include the French view of the German problem...