Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that Massachusetts will not allow the bequest to snowball the full 140 years, according to Ralph J. Baker, Weid Professor of Law. The Museum is legally a charity, and accumulations for the benefit of charities, but a Connecticut precedent might give the District Attorney a loophole. The state court ruled that the D.A. may not rule a gift invalid, but can stop the snowballing process and direct the amount accumulated be immediately turned over to the designated charity...
Although the other contestants approved of the prize song, Davison objected and requested that under the 1921 unanimity rule another number be chosen. The contest committee replied tersely: "The song was too simple to suit Harvard...
...week's end Ike had managed to get in a few rounds of golf (see below), but that "no visitors" rule had gone by the board, and Republican politicos were already beginning to roll into Augusta to confer with the general. These conferences, together with plans for the White House meeting and the Korea trip which is to follow it, promised to make Ike's vacation more taxing than the average American's work week...
...requirement that all women guests be signed in will be suspended from 1 p.m. Friday until 8:30 p.m. Saturday. On Sunday, however, the rule goes back into effect...
...Housemasters decided on uniform 9 p.m. permissions for Saturday night. This rule, however, did not work, since the formal dances began at 8:30 and bands were playing to empty houses for half-an-hour...