Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Your article on Washington society is both interesting and informative; however, the footnote explaining the official order of precedence in seating fails to mention the position of former Presidents. I know that Republican stock (for that matter, stocks in general) dropped to a new low on Nov. 2nd, but I did not know that it had dropped to the point where former Presidents ranked below former Vice Presidents...
...court, bewigged Lord Chief Justice Lord Goddard gave his stern verdict: the Mirror was "a disgrace to English journalism . . . justice and fair play . . . There has never been a case ... of such a scandalous and wicked character. This has been done, not as an error of judgment, but as a matter of policy, pandering to sensationalism [to increase] circulation . . ." The Mirror was fined $40,000. Bolam was sentenced to three months in Brixton Prison (where Haigh is waiting trial), the first editor to be imprisoned under the law in 48 years...
...easel paintings. Upstairs will be a studio for himself and atop that a thatched, high-gabled roof in the Mayan style. He hopes to do some sculptures himself after he has moved in, to decorate the outside of the building. "But I have not much time," he says matter-of-factly. "Before I finish...
...approving such reading matter, Goldstein charged, the board is defeating its own purpose of instilling in the children tolerance and "a love of neighbor and mankind." Since the schools are supported by Christians and Jews alike, he argued, the board's approval of such books is "an illegal, arbitrary and defenseless exercise of power...
...Adams committee must still pass a resolution and decide how to finance a machine before one is bought. The group will probably meet on the matter right after vacation...