Word: slights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...assessment, refund and credit of 1927 and 1928 income taxes levied on married couples having joint incomes. ¶ Passed law-enforcement bills: 1) providing for waiver of trial by jury in the U. S. District Courts, 2) defining petty offenses and their penalties, 3) defining "casual or slight violations" of the Jones ("Five & Ten") Act, 4) providing for summary prosecution of such violations...
Last week Architect Gilbert showed the nation what he thought the Court's new home should look like: a classic temple of white stone 385 ft. deep, on each side of which abut lower rectangular wings. The temple-front is roofed to a slight peak above massive Corinthian columns, this portal and the wings to present a façade 304 ft. wide...
Bill No. 3 amends the Jones Law by defining its "slight and casual
...seat, number three, in yesterday's workout, where he seemed to be far more at home than he has been in either the bow or number seven place. H. W. Sturges '30, who has been at number three since Monday, rowed at bow. The entire eight showed a slight improvement over their work in recent practices...
...University contest Harvard at no time looked a winner. It got away to a better racing start than either of the other boats; then at the end of ten strokes lost the slight lead it had gained for the first and last time. From then on, in spite of the very slow times, the Crimson could do nothing, and seemed without the slightest chance of placing. At the end, when Syracuse was tiring badly, the eight might have retrieved a poor second; but, if that was possible, it was not done. A good sprint served only to shorten a wide...