Word: writs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dale Carnegie Writ Large...
Died. John F. Finerty, 82, acerbic trial lawyer who defended many unpopular causes, in the 1920s fought for the release of funds donated by Americans to aid Eamon de Valera's struggle for Irish independence, in 1927 argued the last writ of habeas corpus for Sacco and Vanzetti the night of their execution, and in 1953 joined in a last-ditch attempt to save convicted Atom Spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg from the electric chair; of bronchial pneumonia; in Oceanside...
...hearing. Neither Gerald nor his parents were advised of any right to counsel or of his right to keep silent. They had little or no advance notice of the charges against him. No transcript was kept of the proceedings, and no appeal was possible. It took a writ of habeas corpus to get any sort of review. The offense was punishable by a maximum of two months and $50 if Gerald had been an adult. Since he was only 15, however, he could be and was committed to the State Industrial School until he turned...
...extremism" of the Right and of the Left became more prevalent in the 1960's, so did it also with youth--only more so. Each time the movement of youth was in a direction in which the nation, or some influential part of it, was going. Youth was America writ large--written large and often in a hasty scrawl. To understand youth, it is necessary to understand the nation. To understand the nation, it is helpful to understand youth...
Well, the General Education committee has been searching for a sixth upper-level Expository Writing course, and here it is right under our noses. Expos Writ 106 -- "Sex Diaries" -- would be a natural for A.P. sophomores seeking something they didn't get in high school...