Word: murrayism
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...House of Lords. Not much time has elapsed since the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Dr. Herbert Murray Burge, introduced to the House a bill to control consumption of alcoholic beverages by local option. The bill secured the support of the "dryasdust" Lord Astor; the Government also gave its support with a number of reservations...
...British Walker Cup Team, to play in the U. S. in September at Garden City, L. I., was named: Cyril Tolley, onetime amateur champion; O. B. Bristowe, West Byfleet; C. O. Hezlet, Royal of Portrush, Ireland; W. L. Hope, Turnfoerry; D. H. Kyle, Roehampton; W. A. Murray, West Hill; Robert Scott Jr., Glasgow; Michael Scott, Royal St. George; T. A. Torrance, Sandy Lodge, and E. F. Storey, Captain of the Cambridge University team...
With the completion of the heavy term of the Supreme Court, all that awaited the very merry and beloved gentleman was rest, complete rest. His doctor forbade all divertisements in the haunts of men. He was bidden to go straight to his home at Murray Bay, near the Saguenay River, and there wait the Summer out. Sitting on the St. Lawrence, he must practice being healthy according to his dictum: "Oranges and discipline, that's the recipe...
William J. Bryan: "On my way to the Democratic Convention, I was interviewed between swallows of strawberry pop, in a soft drink palace at Olean, N. Y. 'What do you think of Nicholas Murray Butler's stand on Prohibition?' asked a reporter. Said I: 'Nicholas Murray Butler is a disgrace to the educated world...
...opposed group. The Christian Science Monitor is an eminently respectable newspaper. In its godliness, it steers clear of all things lascivious or scandalous. But it is not above shutting off its opponents without a hearing and then publishing attacks on them. In the early part of May, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, in a speech before the Missouri Society of New York (TIME, May 12, EDUCATION), attacked prohibition. Prohibition is a hobby of The Monitor. Dr. Butler 'did not advocate nonenforcement of the law; on the contrary, he placed himself on record as favoring obedience...