Word: valid
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...agitation under cover of the academic gown" (cf. the full text of his letter in the "Herald"). The unreflective emotional content of a verbal communication is often directly proportional to the number of such phrases and adjectives. Any appeal to reason is hindered by their use. This criticism, if valid, applies to Professor McLaughlin's communications as well as to that of Dr. Zipf. Charles H. Taylor, Associate Professor of History...
Voting this year was slightly less than last, the records show. In 1939 the Juniors turned in 547 valid ballots and the Sophomores 483, making a total of 1030; while this year the total vote was 974. Forty-nine of the Junior ballots submitted on Tuesday and Wednesday were either illegible or invalid and 36 Sophomore votes were discarded for the same reason. ELECTION RESULTS Juniors *Langdon P. Marvin, Jr. *Homer D. Peabody, Jr. 220 *Spencer A. Klaw 205 *E. Langdon Burwell 191 *Seth C. Crocker 187 *David D. Henry 179 Robert A. James 164 Joseph P. Lyford 152 Francis...
...short, the Dean's Office will be lenient on those who have a valid excuse for going to tutoring schools this Spring because of the possible injustice involved in applying the new rule immediately. On the other hand, the only way a student can be sure he has a valid excuse for going to a commercial tutoring school is to see the assistant Dean in charge of his class, or go to the Bureau of Supervisors...
Although only 5,285 signatures--10 percent of the registered voters at the last state election--were necessary to make the petition valid, the Plan E Committee obtained 9,078 signatures as a show of strength, a member of the Committee explained yesterday...
Four years ago the U. S. Court of Claims decided five of his six patent claims were valid, later decided the Government owed him approximately half a million dollars. Forthwith he wrote Congress that he had now planned an 85,000-ton, shockproof warship which would be immune to serious damage by shell, torpedo, or air bomb...