Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...such an act adultery? A sin, or a triumph of science? Last week these questions were exercising the best legal, religious and journalistic minds of Britain. Hearing MacLennan's suit, Lord Wheatley, a Roman Catholic judge of Scotland's Court of Session, listened to the argument of MacLennan's lawyer that the real essence of adultery is not how it is accomplished, but "the surrender of a woman's reproductive organs to another man." Commented Lord Wheatley: "Of course, it is not another man, but a test tube. She does not know...
After reviewing "new departures within the University during 1956-57," such as the new Department of Statistics, the new Center for International Affairs, the new Center for International Legal Studies, the new six billion volt electron accelerator now under construction, the Program for Harvard College, and numerous research efforts, the President speaks "a word" about athletics...
...make their outlets better-paying propositions. Biggest single FM boom is taking place in Los Angeles, which boasts, as of this week, 20 FM stations. Both Lincoln and Continental are advertising FM dashboard sets, and a fortnight ago Mutual Broadcasting System announced plans to acquire seven FM stations, the legal limit on single ownership. Boston's WCRB, which pioneered in stereophonic sound, is offering a record 128 hours of concert music a week, and Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.'s four new "FM only" outlets are making a pitch to advertisers who prefer "a rifle shot to a shotgun blast...
...legality of the Authority's action is an open question. It claims the microphones were installed by its police in the interests of tranquillity on the subways. The Transit Authority claimed that it wouldn't have dreamed of using the material thus gathered in strike-breaking or anti-union pursuits. But legal or illegal, the behavior of the Transit Authority in this matter can only be condemned. Assemblyman Savarese, who started the investigation, probably hit the nail on the head when he called it "loathsome," "shoddy," "disgraceful," and "a dirty business...
Before taking legal action, the Commission waited for confirmation of its stand by the Attorney General's office. The confirmation was received too late to affect applications for the Class...