Word: silva
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...investigation, declared that evidently many a foreign embassy at Washington has been thus used for smuggling high-priced goods into the U. S.; that a band of international crooks has thus been able to defraud the U. S. Treasury of at least $350,000 in duty. Chilean Ramon Silva, the band's leader, was arrested in India, confessed his crime...
...Madrid last week the Old Clothes Duke, Don Alfonso de Silva y Campbell. 15th of his line, died, was succeeded by his son Alfonso. Since the 15th Century the family of Hijar have been collecting cast-off Royal garments, esteem this a great and (by association of ideas) holy privilege, guard as their most precious treasure hundreds of old Royal Vigil uniforms...
During the course of the conversation among President Lowell and the two Brazilians, Drs. de Couto a Silva and Leonardos, the President outlined the theory upon which Harvard undergraduate education is based. He explained that students in the college are given, in theory and to the furthest extent practically possible, a purely cultural education. He pointed out that "telescoping" of elementary courses and those of a professional character is avoided at Harvard as much as possible. In describing the administrative system employed in the University he drew the analogy of judge and jury. "The Faculty," he explained, "represents the judge...