Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...resolution was passed at Milan by a committee of leading physicians urging that engaged couples should obtain before marriage medical certificates containing simple eugenic information. There was no mention made that the issue of such certificates should be rendered compulsory by law or conditional upon a clean medical history...
...islands were bought chiefly so that Germany might not obtain a naval base in the Caribbean. Now the question is: What shall we do with them? St. Thomas has a good port for a naval station but will not be used by the Navy because Guantanamo Bay is superior. St. Croix is suitable for agriculture, but has had almost no rain for three years; so its sugarcane industry is practically ruined. The drought, which has also affected most of the Greater Antilles, is so great that there is not even enough water on the islands for cattle, and the cattle...
...reaching decision was handed down by Judge Julian W. Mack in the Federal Court, by which State prosecutors can hereafter examine the books of bankrupt brokerage firms for evidence of bucketing and other forms of criminal conversion. Hitherto State and city officials have found it impossible to obtain convictions against bucket-shoppers, who have claimed that such an examination of their books would be unconstitutional, and the equivalent of compelling them to testify against themselves...
...Students in this course, lke the professional interne, accomplish", Mr. Frederick concluded, "three things at once: they earn a respectable living, they receive instruction in the principles of their profession, and they obtain much practical experience...
...boarding a street-car during the rush-hours, I have found it possible to avoid the conductor's eye and thus arrive free in Boston, then, by coming forward boldly and demanding a transfer, it is equally easy to obtain return passage to Cambridge...