Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Surely no one can seriously assume that, as in the case of Germany, a mass of 80,000,000 intelligent persons, can be permanently condemned as pariahs or be forced to remain passive forever by having some ridiculous legal title [to colonies], based solely on former acts of force, held up before them...
...halt was called to the merry-making on account of the legal drought, however, and the fraternity dances went on as scheduled...
...permit, which, according to New Hampshire law must be "conspicuously displayed" in order to make the serving of alcoholic beverages legal, disappeared from the Club's quarters and its absence was not noticed until last night...
...never too late to amend a tragic blunder and enable a sister democracy to exercise its legal right of purchasing arms from us. While it is true that this should have been done long ago, it required the unbridled aggression of the past year in Austria, Czechoslovakia, China, and Spain, finally to convince millions of Americans that sooner or later, unless the aggressors were stoped, the peace and security of their own democracy would be threatened...
...criteria being used to judge the applicants are academic quality, personality, need, and danger, Ulich says. The last mentioned is important because of the doubtful legal status of some refugee's admission to this country, and the fact that they would be safer if they could back up immigration visas with a definite prospect of two years' support...