Word: pseudo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years old, to the day. The occasion called for renewed expressions of sentimental attachment to the democratic way of life, to the ideal of a free judiciary, and to the "reign of law as opposed to despotic will," as Chief Justice Hughes declared. It also called for pseudo-historical references to the founding fathers and the role of the Court is constitutional development. All this it received. But the occasion might also have called forth a critical analysis of the possible functions of such a body in a 20th century streamlined democracy. Of these there was no mention...
Though Harvard medicos released all but their sickest charges so that they could return to their homes for Christmas, there were still two patients in Stillman when College reopened yesterday. With an air of pseudo merriment, they lit a Christmas tree in the Infirmary and ate large Christmas dinners. Each received a game from the college...