Word: interest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whatever may to the merits of the hill to abolish capital punishment now being considered by the legislature, Professor Chafee's active leadership in its behalf will certainly stimulate interest in the question. Although the individual opinions of the layman are likely to be determined by his emotions and prejudices, the essentials of the problem are fundamentally of a scientific nature. Consequently the expert judgement of a law professor is particularly valuable in assisting the legislators to come to intelligent conclusions...
...following lectures should be of particular interest today...
...Junior divisional examination, then, sets up a false distinction for the specialist by eliminating the honors degree for the student with a broad interest in his field. More than this, it offers a convenient relief from extended general work to many who accept readily the label of "candidate for honors". What may seem, from the figures it can show, to be emancipation of the honors degrees, is really a narrowing device, which permits the passage of numbers that only cheapen the distinction degree. As a stricture on the fair application of the honors principle, the Junior divisional examination deserves...
...Stillings talked volubly to the press. He said he had invented the business, "lapsation" and all. Asked how he could pay a usurer's interest rate, he said: "If I told you. you would start in the business for yourself...
...following lectures should be of particular interest today and tomorrow...