Word: obtaining
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sachem Grain proceeded to set an impressive record for ineffectuality. He has not yet made known who shot Gambler Arnold Rothstein (TIME, Dec. 24, 1928) or Racketeer Jack ("Legs") Diamond (TIME, Oct. 20). He was lax in prosecuting unscrupulous bondsmen, dock racketeers and ambulance chasing lawyers. He failed to obtain an indictment in the case of retired Magistrate Ewald, suspected of buying his judgeship for $10,000, which was later thrice tried unsuccessfully (TIME, Feb. 2). Of 623 grand jury indictments for grand larceny sent to his office, only 32 were tried and convicted. From this ecord it appeared that...
...College authorities evidently took it for granted that the charter of 1692, having been adopted by the Legislature, would become effective, and for four years they acted under it. In 1696 they received word that it had failed to obtain the approval of the King. In the meantime, almost as soon as the charter of 1692 had gone through the Legislature and been signed by the Colonial governor, the Harvard Corporation proceeded to grant honorary degrees, as the following extract from "College Book IV" shows...
...books are news. Unless otherwise designated, all books reviewed in TIME were published within the fortnight. TIME readers may obtain any book of any U. S. publisher by sending check or money-order to cover regular retail price ($5 if price is unknown, change to be remitted) to Ben Boswell of TIME, 205 East 42nd St., New York City...
These meetings have purposely been held before the Freshmen have to make a definite choice of field of concentration, and at a time when they start to make their applications for the Houses. It is important that all men should attend, as it may be their last chance to obtain a complete summary of the Houses before making their choices. The closing date for applications for the houses will be about April 25, sometime fairly soon after the choice of field of concentration has been made...
...current educational problems to the immediate attention of the Graduate School faculty. Individual teachers will be able to cite their own experiences and thus give varied views on each problem. With this aid the faculty of the School can readily visualize a composite picture of the difficulties involved, and obtain an adequate knowledge upon, which to base their study of possible solutions. The teachers will receive helpful advice, and the professors will be enabled to prepare their own students in the School of Education to successfully surmount these difficulties when they actively enter the teaching field. The School may thus...