Word: section
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...includes, imitating to a certain extent the Americans, a bill of rights; but the constitutional protection afforded to the rights of the individual is seriously impaired by the possibility of legislative restrictions. 'The house of every German is his sanctuary and is inviolable,' says the Constitution in one section, and the next sentence is 'Exceptions are permissible only by authority of law.' One of the few articles in their bill of rights which is not capable of being restricted by law is the first: 'All Germans are equal before...
...backing" consists of two elements: active support on the field, and a strong following in the cheering section...
Perhaps it was not so strange that Harvard failed to be in evidence as a rooting factor on Saturday. No cheering section had been organized, and the undergraduates scattered through the stands had to do their best without a leader. But these omissions did not lessen the smart of shame for those who listened to a visiting crowd from Hanover cheer Harvard's team, while Harvard--in her home city,--could not reply. Nor will there be any such excuse in the future. For the outdoor meets which are coming will be held in the Stadium...
...University at intervals since 1905, and has been an assistant professor since 1912, is one of a group of Harvard chemists who rendered valuable service to the government during the war. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the Chemical Warfare Service, and as the chief of the Defense Section of its Research Division he directed the development of chemical absorbents to be used in gas masks, a task of immense importance and difficulty. Under his immediate direction were also developed a salve to be used on the body as a protection against mustard gas, and a gas mask which could...
...Storey, who is one of the most prominent lawyers in this section of the country, is well fitted both by ability and experience to deliver these lectures. He is the author of numerous volumes on law and politics...