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...fact that the decision has little legal significance does not, of course, lessen its popular influence appreciably. Apparently the administration has been defeated in the courts; therefore the existing confusion surrounding the exact definition of its powers is increased. For this reason a final verdict has been rendered more than ever necessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 1/10/1935 | See Source »

...tutted when Labor leader "Old George" Lansbury protested that the government had written into the King's speech "not one word about measures to lessen unemployment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Parliament's Week: Dec. 3, 1934 | 12/3/1934 | See Source »

...bonds of a thirteen-year tradition, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences upon the recommendation of the administrative Board has voted to abolish the Rank List, for upper classmen. Since the inception of the tutorial system there has been felt a necessity for such action in order to lessen the emphasis placed upon course grades, and to give proportionate credit for tutorial work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A STEP FORWARD | 5/24/1934 | See Source »

Instituting a new system this year, seats may be reserved in advance. These seats will be held until 3.55 o'clock and this innovation is expected to lessen the necessity of standing three hours or more in dismal company outside the New Lecture Hall. The tickets may be obtained from the University Information Office, Room A, University Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Walter Lippmann to Make First Godkin Speech Today | 5/15/1934 | See Source »

...last night before a group of Harvard Square merchants at a meeting held at the Continental Hotel. "Operating costs in Cambridge are 50 per cent greater than in any other city in Massachusetts of the same size and type, and any demand that Harvard pay taxes to help lessen the financial burdens now being carried by the city government might well gain the answer that Cambridge first help itself by lowering its operating expenses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mayor Russell Explains Why Cambridge Cannot Demand That Harvard Pay Taxes on Property | 4/26/1934 | See Source »

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