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Actually, the campaign stumbled at the start. All parties, especially the Tories, were uncertain how to interpret a new election law. It limits what a candidate may legally spend to ?450, plus twopence for each voter in a county constituency, a penny ha'penny for each voter in a borough constituency. The law says that victorious candidates can be unseated if it is proved that they and their supporters spent more than the legal limit. The big question was: Would the courts decide that expenses of regular month-to-month political propaganda were chargeable against individual candidates as campaign...
...special meeting in Washington yesterday agreed not to change the wording of the "informer clause" of the Navy's loyalty oath, and in addition it decided to interpret the word "others' 'as broadly as possible...
...said he, "if you would confine yourself to English fables, for perhaps your repertory is more complete. You made the mistake of not studying all of Krylov. One fable is The Slanderer and the Snake. I am not going to tell you whom I am thinking of; you can interpret it as you wish...
Saltonstall pointed out that a lawyer is better able to interpret statutes, and through his practice has a broader range of experience than other people. The lawyer gains the confidence of the less educated people, too, he continued...
...that TIME gives its artists. TIME gives you sufficient photographs of the cover subject, a physical description of him, research into his life and character, and even an idea of how to do the cover. On the Old Testament assignment I had to start from scratch. I had to interpret the figures myself from the clues given in the stories...