Word: obtaining
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...directed to law students, Belli presented the case of Caryl Chessman to support his premise that a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of law is essential to becoming a good lawyer. By studying the basics of law while on Death Row at San Quentin Prison, Chessman was able to obtain writs staying his execution for twelve years...
...need to test it," she said, "to obtain an adequate sample, provide an optimum environment, and observe results before using it to guide the planning of women's education and their employment in the sciences...
...fellowship to study church-state history at Scotland's Edinburgh University. There he developed a lingering aversion to "moral absolutism," once explained: "No one has a monopoly on virtue or truth. Those who peddle this line, under whatever label, subvert the very thing they want to obtain...
...elevated platforms. The industry blossomed in World War II, with jerry-built soft-drink and snack dispensers in three-shift war plants. But postwar prospects attracted underworld hoodlums and undercapitalized hopefuls. The industry was overbuilt, and fell into such bad repute that long-range credit was difficult to obtain...
...develop in your relations to the few with whom you are personally involved, you will never be able to do anything for the many." One entry explains his approach to international conflicts: "Jesus sat at meat with publicans and sinners: he consorted with harlots. Did he do this to obtain their votes? Or did he think that, perhaps, he could convert them by such 'appeasements'? Or was his humanity rich and deep enough to make contact, even in them, with that in human nature which is common to all men, indestructible, and upon which the future...