Word: rightness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...peppering his book with cracks about . . . his literary betters, including Sinclair Lewis, William Faulkner and George Santayana," only time (lower case) can tell how right he is. I dare your book editor to reread any of Lewis' or Faulkner's books of the early '30s in comparison with Arnndel, The Lively Lady or Captain Caution and repeat his claim that they are Roberts' betters. Perhaps Santayana might...
...bench to quiet the uproar-Medina consented to listen to a motion for acquittal based on whether the Justice Holmes doctrine of "clear and present danger" applied to the case (see above). Next day Defense Attorney Abraham J. Isserman argued, in effect, that the defendants were being denied "the right to engage in political activity...
...these issues, the University of Michigan's Workers' Education Service, was batted around the state for many weeks both before and after the campaign, and the university found itself right in the middle of a scuffle which involved not only the two gubernatorial candidates, but the opposing forces of management and labor...
...U.A.W. also attacked General Motors, in a statement by Victor G. Reuther, union educational director, which said: "The privileges of education and the right of a university to educate fairly and honestly are being denied, because of the selfish position taken by one corporation...
Both parties argued over the workers' service for three months more. Late in January, 1949, after some agreement had been reached. Ruthven announced the new list of teachers. The union protested that it had not been consulted: Ruthven said he reserved the right to pick instructors...