Word: samuels
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Samuel Johnson (1709-84) became an issue in the trial. Prosecutor Pomerene cited the fact that the great lexicographer had called patriotism the last refuge of a scoundrel. Quick to see his chance Defender Hogan roared to the jury that this Englishman had vilified American revolutionary leaders, had advised a yardarm hanging for George Washington...
...such statesmen as the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill praised him for having done his policeful best in Moscow to catch and hang Lenin and Trotsky. Soon a syndicate of British and Zionist capitalists sent him out to found the Palestine Electric Corp. (TIME, March 4). Today he is the Samuel Insull (see p. 52) of the Near East. Last week he dramatically intervened in the Palestine relief muddle, arranged with quiet efficiency that the relief fund will henceforth be administered by the Jewish National Council of which he is chairman. Despatches sounded the knell of half-boxes of sardines, hailed...
Honored. Known to everyone who has been a student at the Harvard Law School where he has taught for 41 years, respected throughout the profession as the outstanding authority on the law of contracts and sales, is Samuel ("Sammy") Williston. He received the Association's medal for conspicuous service rendered in jurisprudence for the year, specifically for "monumental work in restating the law of contracts...
...life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending An Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with many Eminent Persons. And Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never before Published. The whole Exhibiting a view of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century, During Which he Flourished," is the title of an exceptionally valuable edition...
According to Captain Samuel Dunlap of the Brighton Station, it is almost impossible to convict a man on the charge of speculating, that is, selling a ticket at a price above fifty cents over face value, as it is very difficult to prove the amount of a transaction. For this reason the city ordinance, violation of which involves a maximum fine of $20, is resorted...