Word: subject
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Most of the crowd was composed of students; most of them were cheerfully hostile to the Attorney-General. The subject of the debate was a bill he was sponsoring, which if passed, would have had far-reaching effects upon the University and the whole educational system of the Commonwealth...
...Harvard professor, Kirtley F. Mather, argued that the bill's wording was dangerously loose. He said that Communists advocate such "doctrines" as freedom of speech and world peace. Any professor--or any dormitory janitor--who expressed similar views would be subject to prosecution if the bill were enacted, he claimed...
...Strand has given no explicit explanation for the firing of LaVallee. However when LaVallee was informed of his dismissal the only subject discussed with him by Strand was his activity with the Progressive Party...
...Affiliation with the Progressive Party was not responsible for the failure to renew the contract," Caldwell said. On the subject of Georgia's policy on the political activities of its professors, he quoted a university statute which states: "Members of the faculty should refrain from involving the university in partisan politics, futile controversies, and harmful publicity...
...Sparks. He had a memorable meeting with another prominent American last week. After a formal exchange on the subject of Israel with the President of the U.S., Rabbi Herzog opened his Bible and began reading (in Hebrew) the 126th Psalm. Meanwhile, Harry Truman reached into his desk for his mother's old Bible and flipped the pages to the same place. When the rabbi had finished, the President read in English: "When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing...