Word: writs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...matter was," he declared, "that a government was established in Spain which was patterned on the regimes in Italy and in Germany and was, and is, a Fascist government and dictatorship . . ." Point by point, he ticked off the Western democracies' indictment of the Franco regime. It denied the writ of habeas corpus, the right of trial by jury, the right of religious liberty, the right of free association...
Grave Error. Prisoner Haigh promptly asked for a writ of attachment against Editor Bolam and the Mirror for prejudicing his right to a fair trial. Bolam made the best defense he could find; he pleaded "guilty of a grave error for which I tender my most humble apologies...
Marxist-Leninist holy writ explains almost everything. Last week, one of its serious omissions was trumpeted to the world by Marxist-Leninist Tito of Yugoslavia. The omission: what happens when Communist revolutions succeed in two countries independently. What is the relation between the two countries...
Aided by a high-powered legal battery, the nationalists prepared to go to court this week to seek a writ of habeas corpus to halt the deportation. But the federal government, which has full power to kick out anyone it pleases, would have the last word. Only an order-in-council, passed by the Dominion cabinet, could save De Bernonville...
Walk Together. Messrs. Styne & Cahn are, after Rodgers & Hammerstein, perhaps the most successful songwriting team on Tin Pan Alley. In the seven years they have been partners, they have writ ten 150 songs together, sold 6,000,000 copies of sheet music, made the hit parade two dozen times and first place nine times (among their hits: I'll Walk Alone; It's Been a Long, Long Time; Give Me Five Minutes More.) They earn $150,000 a year. Jule, who was born in London 42 years ago, was a piano prodigy who was guest soloist with...