Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...School has been unable to raise the money necessary to match a Ford Foundation building grant made two years ago, John A. King '40, Secretary for International Legal Studies, said yesterday. The University must match the grant in order to build the desired addition to the library in Langdell Hall...
This building grant is part of a larger gift of $2,050,000, presented in January, 1955, for expansion in the field of international legal studies. The gift was also earmarked for two new professorships and a ten-year liquidating grant to be spent on research and fellowships...
...legal brawl shaped up over the estimated $500,000 estate of the late Bandleader Tommy ("The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing") Dorsey (TIME, Dec. 10). At the time of his death at 51, Trombonist Dorsey left his personal affairs in a double muddle: he was about to be divorced from his third wife, ex-Showgirl Jane New Dorsey, and-astonishingly for a man of his means-he left no will. Contestants in the upcoming fight: the third Mrs. Dorsey, who wishes to administer the estate v. two grown children of temperamental Tommy's first marriage, who ask that the estate...
Before he entered at the Lowu border bridge, near Hong Kong, Worthy said he had assurances of support in any legal action against him by the United States authorities on his return. He added that he had signed documents waiving all claims against the U.S. in the event of personal injury, loss of property or detention in China. He has a Chinese visa...
...fourth straight year (and fourth time in thoroughbred racing), U.S. horse-players bet more than $2 billion. Of the $2,231,528,140 total wagered at pari-mutuel windows in the 24 states where on-course betting is legal, the states themselves took a $164,418,294 bite. Most voracious were the New York State tax collectors, who swallowed $43,177,361, more than one-quarter of the national tax total...