Word: valid
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...South remaining solid, Mark Sullivan was then left with ten controversial states wherein the Republican claims seemed to him as valid as the Democratic. He did not attempt to figure them out, but fell back on the bettor's law of averages to arrive at the tentative conclusion that Mr. Coolidge would be able to total the requisite 266 by rallying 24 more votes out of the 70 thus remaining "in the pot." The states...
...valuable guide in this difficult matter. The appeal was argued before the Supreme Court by James B. Shea on a brief signed by John W. Davis when he was a member of Stetson, Jennings, Russell & Davis. Mr. Shea made the point that no will would be held valid if executed in the circumstances under which the confession had been admittedly obtained. The decision has been generally approved by the press and prosecuting officials. "In the long run," said the Boston Transcript, "the third degree injures the cause of Justice and the administration of the criminal law." But police officers...
...committee to stimulate and supervise Freshman affairs may be detected a dangerous effort not only to analyze indifference but actually to dispel it. The choice of class organization as a target for experimentation was wisely made, as the problem of getting out enough votes to make class elections valid has been a constant thorn in the sides of successive election committees, who have attacked the difficulty without stopping to find out why it exists...
...wife is not so generally recognized as to accept the maiden name rather than the surname of the husband. It is today the main distinction between a single woman and a married woman, and such fact in the past has appeared upon the payrolls. There appears no valid reason why it should not so continue, and the payroll should state the fact accordingly...
...holder of a large interest in these pre-war concessions sold his interests to English investors. At the same time the Sinclair interests have practically tied up the Persian Government in a new concession in the same district. Russia, however, refuses to recognize either of these concessions as valid and is demanding that the rights be given her. And certainly she appears to be in the strongest position. The moderation of the treaty she made with Persia after the invasion of 1920 and the fact that she has chased the English out of the Northern Provinces have given...