Word: sapient
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Supreme Court has not joined the ranks of "100 per cent Americanism". The Nebraska law, with its counterparts in Iowa and Ohio, which forbids the teaching or use of any language other than English in the lower grades, has been declared unconstitutional. The Court's opinion contains this sapient clause-"a desirable end cannot be promoted by prohibitive means...