Word: roote
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Morgan--Hayes, Heisler v. Root--McCarthy, Stookey...
...Root--Briley, Burch v. Rugg--Blue, Levitan...
Langdell--Eagen, Conrad v. Root--Hunziker, Rice...
...Burns will state his convictions about current peace movements, which he considers useless, as they are "fundamentally unsound. They don't deal with the selfishness and savagery of our present industrial system, which lies at the root of all wars. It is ridiculous to scratch the surface and try to improve it if that below is unsound," he said...
...with no means of support beyond shorthand stenography, when he determined to become a lawyer. His wife and his shorthand were what helped him through the University of Nebraska. Between classes at the Harvard Law School he was secretary to Philosopher William James. Among his classmates was Elihu Root Jr., under whose father's aegis the Manhattan firm of Root, Clarke, Buckner, Howl and Ballantine was set up in 1912, when the partners were only "five years out of school." The 16-year-old firm now employs fifty-some associates and, a thoroughgoing municipal investigation of considerable gravity being...