Word: righte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...vacant, spots the man who is up to pie, takes his stance behind him, elbows rivals for the vacancy out of the road, barks his order at the waitress, pulls TIME out of his pocket, and then for 15 minutes glues his eyes to the page while his right hand automatically pokes grub into his mouth to be gulped down in hunks...
...been convicted (1920) of violating the Syndicalism Act in assisting in the organization of the California Communist Labor Party. The court ruled that the Syndicalism Act could not be called discriminatory because it "affects all alike no matter what their business or calling"; could not be said to violate right to free speech because freedom of speech does not "constitute unbridled license for every possible use of language." Thus Miss Whitney, reputedly a Mayflower-descendant, must serve 1 to 14 years at San Quentin prison. Said she: "I have nothing to complain of in comparison to Sacco and Vanzetti...
...Supreme Court also ruled that bootleggers and others with income from unlawful sources must file federal income tax returns but have the right to test the validity of taxes on such incomes...
...address at the Memorial Day services to be held at the University on May 30, will be given by the Right Reverend Charles Henry Brent, Bishop of Western New York and an Overseer of the University, it was announced yesterday. The services, which will be held in Appleton Chapel at 12 o'clock, are to be open to the public. The choir will be led by Dr. A. T. Davison...
...thunderburst of journalistic prowess had finally spent itself, after the wreckage had been cleared away enough for the umpires to discover the battered remains of what had once been lampy's proud diamond hope it was discoved that the CRIMSON had amassed 23 runs, while the lampoon total stood right where it has been for the last 50 years--at two runs...