Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Griswold, along with former Justice of the Supreme Court Louis S. Cox, is featured in advertisements as a supporter for Herter. The statement of the Committee of Lawyers for Herter claims that "his election as Attorney General is essential to the proper adminstration of the legal affairs of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
General Ayub Khan, who got himself titled Premier last week, also announced a mixed bag of measures, in the name of curing eleven years of impotent democracy: 1) the legal system, based on the British code, must be drastically improved to give the people "quicker justice"; 2) birth control must be introduced because Pakistanis are "breeding too fast"; 3) Pakistan must prepare itself for austerity in order to regain a sound economy...
McDonald maintained that de-emphasis of scholarships would meet with resistance--"If you have a scholarship which dates back to the 17th century and you try to change the use of the funds, you have a nearly impossible legal task." He observed that if scholarships are made less desirable, the yearly $1 million earmarked for scholarships that the Financial Office depends upon might easily be lost...
Just as the Gibbons forces were getting organized for the campaign, more trouble developed. Charles B. Rugg, a Republican State Committee Counsel, warned that there was some question as to the nominee's legal eligibility, since he had run for State Senator as well as Governor in the primary. It took a favorable ruling from the Democratic Attorney General to clear up the matter...
Ibish claimed, however, that the non-Moslems themselves voted 26 to 1 against participating in the election of officers. "The election was perfectly legal, announced, and conducted with a quorum," he emphasized...