Word: juristic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sheep herder is Pietro Cardinal Gasparri. This priest of strong and massive build can charm a Principessa with his wit, astonish a jurist by his profundity in canon law (which he has codi-fied), or paralyze a nervous opponent by the piercing glance of his large eyes, peering from beneath abnormally heavy, Mephistophelian eyebrows (see cut). Cardinal Gasparri has been Papal Secretary of State for 14 years, twice the length of the tenure of any Prime Minister in Europe. Last week he rose to the grand climax of his career by signing a document which liberates Pope Pius XI from...
Drawn and shuffled and dealt out anew, last week, were a whole pack of Ambassadors, Ministers, Special Agents, a World Jurist and a Governor General...
...second Yuan is that of Justice, headed by the great Chinese jurist Wang Chung-hui, onetime representative of China on the World Court. The third or Legislative Yuan is a large council of from 49 to 99 members, with parliamentary initiative. The fourth and fifth Yuans are those of Examination ("Civil Service") and Council Control (having powers of impeachment and audit...
While citizens wondered whether Justice Bailey was a discriminating jurist or a quibbling dolt, and whether U. S. Senators are efficient investigators or clumsy persecutors, Col. Stewart packed out homewards to Chicago, scot-free at last of the Oil Scandals unless the Senate gets the Bailey theory of quorums overridden in the U. S. Supreme Court...
TIME reported the election of Charles Edwin Winter, Republican oilman, jurist, Shriner, rhymster, of Casper, Wyoming (near famed Teapot Dome and Salt...