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Word: passingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Turned up at a luncheon given by the National Conference of Christians and Jews and promised to keep plugging for his civil rights program. Said the President "I don't see how we can do otherwise than pass this legislation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: A Most Happy Evening | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

...cannot shirk responsibility for his decisions and place the blame on the law and its authors. When he delivers a sentence in accordance with the law, the judge becomes an accessory to the fact and therefore is equally responsible for its results." 2) The judge "can never pass a sentence which would oblige those affected by it to perform an intrinsically immoral act . . ."3) "Under no circumstances can a judge acknowledge and approve an unjust law . . . Therefore he cannot pass a sentence that would be tantamount to approval of it." 4) "However . . . the judge may-sometimes even must-allow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Which Law? | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

Kirkland squeaked past Calhoun in the closing seconds of the game when halfback Frank Nolan snatched an end zone pass away from two defending Elis to register the only score. The Deacons had threatened several times before, but frequent interceptions had kept the sluggish Calhoun team in the game. Nolan was Kirkland's big noise all afternoon, running, passing, receiving, and backing up the line on defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Wins Football Title, Beats Berkeley 7-0; Four More Crimson Teams Triumph | 11/19/1949 | See Source »

Trumbull ran off the same pattern again in the fourth quarter to wrap up the game for the Elis. Dudley's Dave Gilbert set up the Commuter score with a 40 yard end run, then heaved a 30 yard pass to Bill Monteith, who went over standing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Wins Football Title, Beats Berkeley 7-0; Four More Crimson Teams Triumph | 11/19/1949 | See Source »

Davenport's two platoon system and crashing line blanked Winthrop 12 to 0 today. The Davenport squad mixed T plays and a fast single-wing attack to beat the Puritans. The first score came on a pass and lateral in the first period; Yale failed to convert. The Puritans replied with a flock of passes, but the Davenport line broke up the attack, and intercepted a Puritan throw late in the second quarter to set up its second score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Wins Football Title, Beats Berkeley 7-0; Four More Crimson Teams Triumph | 11/19/1949 | See Source »

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