Word: prevention
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...however, our judges are prohibited from adding to their salaries by other means, the burden of maintaining necessary appearances at the present rate of pay will prevent the bench from attracting the most promising material. The more ambitious and active lawyers will decline to serve as judges and will remain in private practice...
...Extremist party to stir up discontent have so far been combaited successfully, but they grow more far-reaching and insidious as the people accept their new system of government. A boycott of the representative councils was the first of their attempts to create trouble. The Extremists tried to prevent the formation of the councils by deceiving or terrorizing both the voters and the nominees. "In my own province of Patna," said Professor Horne, "it was extremely hard to get the men to register because they feared they were subjecting themselves to a greater taxation." Nevertheless, the elections took place...
...Holmes says, in his famous decision: "The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger, that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent." "The point is, that Judge Westenhaver did not instruct the jury according to the Supreme Court test (as voiced by Justice Holmes) at all, but allowed Debs to be found guilty, in Justice Holmes' words, because of the natural tendency and reasonably probable effect of the speech--so that...
...Senior class that they should be measured for caps and gowns at the Harvard Cooperative Society immediately. On account of the difficulty of securing materials and labor, it is important that as many men as possible be measured at once, as a rush at the end of March might prevent the filling of all orders by May 1, the day when all Seniors will wear caps and gowns to their morning classes. Until April 1, the price of the complete outfit will be $9.75; after that date the price will be raised 50 cents...
...containing words of all such songs, which will be available for use on those occasions and at other appropriate times, such as the Freshman Jubilee. Now as in the past, the coaching of the Jubilee choruses is done by members of the Glee Club, who, far from striving to prevent the singing of such tunes as those mentioned, seek only to have them given to the best advantage. The aim is to create an active interest in singing among the undergraduates, rather than limiting the pleasure of it to a few picked voices. For those, however, who desire...