Word: provisionals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Parliamentary Inaction. One trouble lies in the wrenching strains within Scelba's patchy coalition of Christian Democrats, Liberals, Social Democrats and Republicans. Right and left wings mistrust each other. In parliamentary committee, the coalition partners haggle, filibuster and squabble in bickering inaction. The tax-evasion bill was proposed in...
To qualify for sophomore standing, however, Harvard applicants must attain outstanding marks on the placement tests for at least three of the fields of Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Languages, Mathematics, and Physics. This provision is similar to Yale's requirement that all-round achievement precede promotion from the freshman to...
A Bonus for Votes. Several political inventions have helped spawn Uruguay's many factions. The most wondrous is the "double simultaneous ballot," which lets the voter pick the party he wants to win the major offices and at the same time choose candidates to fill these offices from the...
The single lecture would pertain to the general subject of the Godkin lectures, "The Essentials of Free Government and the Duties of the Citizen." There is no provision in the Godkin endowment which requires that three lectures be delivered.
In the Jewish religion, a husband may divorce his wife at will; "some uncleanness in her" has even been interpreted to include bad cooking or fading looks. It has been up to the rabbis to hobble the tempted with rituals and restrictions. One device dating back at least to the...