Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...manner, Mr. McNiff manifests his seldom-called-on Gaelic wrath when he sees the handiwork of the margin marker or the page puller. He is quick to point out that such abuses are the work of the determined minority, for "most of the boys are good lads." While needless rule infractions set poorly with him, he takes no stock in rules for their own sake. Instead, service for everyone is the watchword. Thus books have gone out for more than twelve hours whenever possible, and many a Harvardevens resident has sat at home reading Hobbes' "Leviathan" when under the rules...
...people (whose income has more than quadrupled since 1932-33) were giving proportionately 38% less to charity, said the Golden Rule Foundation...
...truth is, it is not Jesus as historically known, but Jesus as spiritually arisen within men, who is significant for our time and can help it. Not the historical Jesus, but the spirit which goes forth from Him and in the spirits of men strives for new influence and rule, is that which overcomes the world...
...studies," but also may lead to improper personal associations, which often "prove embarrassing to themselves, cause financial difficulties for their parents, and tend upon other disorders." The Corporation thereupon voted to make illegal participation in, or attendance at, any sort of theatrical entertainment by students in Harvard College. This rule represents the basic philosophy that has been the power behind the dramatic scene in the University to the present...
...even with the Law School returned to an even higher esteem than ever in the eyes both of the legal profession and the general public, Langdell did not rest in his efforts to improve scholastic standards, for in 1893 a rule was passed requiring a college degree for admission in all but the most exceptional cases. At the time this was an unprecedented action, and it brought down upon the University the cry of snobbishness and the charge that "Langdell would turn down Lincoln if he applied for admission...