Word: longer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only war in Rhode Island is the war of words between the pent-house and the State House. If there has been no more disorder and violence at this race-track than what Boston newspapers have reported, then the odds against the legality of the Governor's action are longer odds than these wagered on any horse that ever ran at Narragansett Park...
From that year on, the Hanoverian invasions were no longer the early season sinecures they formerly were. Harvard won the following year, but it was only by a desperate last quarter battle. With only five minutes to go Dartmouth was leading 6-5 when the home eleven began to click to the tune of two quick touchdowns...
...establishment of martial law under the conditions here stated permitted by the Constitutions of Rhode Island and the United States? Martial law is a very serious interference with the ordinary privileges of American citizens. Once it is established, they can no longer come and go freely upon a portion of the soil of the United States. They are hindered in the ordinary enjoyment of their property. They are accountable for all their actions within the proclaimed territory, not to judges and juries, but to generals, corporals, and privates. If they disobey military orders, they can probably be tried by court...
Emergencies arise, nevertheless, when such drastic curtailments of liberty are warranted. The freedom of a few must sometimes be sacrificed in order to preserve freedom of all. Martial law is surely proper in a territory invaded by foreign troops, so that the ordinary courts can no longer sit and the army must be left free to take every available means to maintain the defense of the Nation...
...production unit of Professor Baker's "47 Workshop," the Dramatic Club became noted the world over for its contributions to the English-speaking stage. When Baker left Harvard, the Club was expected to carry on its function, quite regardless of the fact that it no longer had University support and that those most interested in the stage were following Baker into the hinterland insead of coming here. Despite this handicap, the remaining members of the Club took seriously their task of forwarding the cause of progressive drama. By hard work not unmixed with inspiration, they contrived to make the Club...