Word: legalization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Passed by vote of 305 to 49 a bill to make legal the transfer of surplus naval vessels which might be useful to the Coast Guard in its liquor patrol work...
...addition to the indictments, the grand jury declared that there were several other matters in which legal action should be taken, and mentioned that two members of Congress were accused of taking various sums of money, presumably as bribes for their influence. The House of Representatives (became agitated. A resolution was proposed directing the Attorney General to furnish the House with the names of the two Congressmen involved and the charges against them. Representative Longworth, Republican Floor Leader, exclaimed: "The discussion of this subject revolts me. ... In either case, by passing this resolution we will have done the one thing...
...right for anybody whether they like it or not. A committee of influential Negroes and others in Boston say that the local censor has agreed to suppress it. The Legislative League of New York has protested. The New York World raised the question as to whether it is legal to enact upon the stage something which is "illegal and punishable as a crime ... in all Southern and border States...
...last part of the book is infinitely condensed. It condenses the tragedy of half the world in the story of the legal trial and imprisonment of one man. It tells the story of the leader of the irreconcilable East, who was crushed--consciously, inevitably, by the exigencies of the imperial West. It is not a tragedy of blood, anger, and revolution--it is a greater tragedy of mind, soul, and lack of understanding. Although Gandhi is still alive in prison, his life story has been told--as Napoleon's was told after Waterloo, as Jesus's was after Calvary...
...feet of the mighty, glimpse the realm of torts and crimes. But when colleges rose in the backwoods and daily assignments replaced daily chores this personal contact between novice and initiate was largely lost. It is only occasionally, therefore, that the student who dreams vaguely of a legal career has an opportunity of meeting a master of the profession. And such an opportunity is extended tonight when the Honorable George Wickersham, former Attorney-General of the United States, lectures at the Union...