Word: uphold
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...high school there seems to be a wide discrepancy in the pronunciation of the President-elect's name. Some teachers insist on the first syllable pronounced like ''goose" or "rue." while others uphold the sound of "rose." I would appreciate the correct pronunciation from...
...supreme court of New Jersey, after bringing to the attention of the audience of over 1000 people jammed into the court room of Langdell Hall, that the arguments of the potential lawyers were on a considerably higher plane than those of many lawyers practicing today, rendered the decision to uphold the rule against perpetuities in insurance trusts, a point of law involving hundreds of millions of dollars now accumulating in this popular form of family settlement...
...vitality must be had before the New York run is attempted. Everett Marshall and Evelyn Herbert sing some grand songs by Romberg and Hal Skelly still seems to know how to handle his women. With just a little something to do and more help from the chorus "Melody" might uphold a real ideal and, incidentally, be about fifty percent better...
...spirit of the Ku Klux Klan is still rife in the West. Some few weeks ago, fourteen students of the University of Oklahoma administered a flogging in a student editor for having written an article "reflecting upon the traditions of the school which they were sworn to uphold." Accoutered in black hoods, they entered the editor's room at midnight, carried him off three miles into the country in his pajamas, with the thermometer standing at seventeen below, gave him ten lashes with a three quarters inch rope, and let him walk home. For ten days, the University officials investigated...
Trials for this debate, in which Harvard will uphold the affirmative, will begin this week. Three speakers and an alternate will be selected by Howell, who will coach the teams with the assistance of members of the University Debating Council...