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Probably not since Henry VIII tried in vain to get an annulment of his marriage with Catherine of Aragon has a matrimonial case been so long in the courts of the Roman Catholic Church as that on which nine Cardinals have just handed down a final decision...
...ascended the throne, became what the Chinese used to call the Son of Heaven, or, plainly, Emperor of China. On becoming Emperor, he took the personal name of Hsuan Tung and after his abdication in 1912, he called himself Henry in admiration of Henry VIII of England. Hence, journalists have naturally referred to him as "Harry...
...years old, although it is connected with the more ancient (and heretical) custom of celebrating the cycle of seven sabbatical years as a period when debts were remitted and property went back to its original owners. The first formal Jubilee was proclaimed by the bull of Boniface VIII, in 1300, granting afresh "great remission and indulgence for sins" to all who made pilgrimages that year to Rome and the basilica of the Prince of Apostles. The interim between Jubilees varied from 25 to 100 years; but was finally fixed at 25 years by Paul II, in the 15th Century...
...Eaton New Lect. Hall Mr. Levinson New Lect. Hall Mr. McGill, M1, M2 Sever 11 Mr. McGill, M3 Sever 8 Dr. Underhill Emerson J Semitic 1 New Lect. Hall Semitic 5 Andover C Zoology 4 Zool. Lect. Rm. 2 P. M. Astronomy 1a Emerson D, J THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5 (VIII) Chemistry 10 Emerson J Comp. Literature 5 Emerson J Economics 23 Emerson J English 4 Harvard 2 Fine Arts 14d Fogg Lect. Rm. Fine Arts 15 Fogg Mus. Geology 11 Foxcroft German A Prof. Bierwirth, 15, 25 Emerson D Mr. Bennett, 7, 19 Harvard 5 Mr. Heffner...
...succinct impression of its contents may well be conveyed by setting forth the chapter headings and list of illustrations. The chapters are: I. A Middle-aged Merchant's First Experience with Jury Duty; II. History of Trial by Jury; III. Witnesses; IV. Lawyers; V. Lawyers; VI. Judges; VII. Judges; VIII. The Verdict; IX. Some Suggested Remedies. The list of illustrations includes: Joseph H. Choate, Lord Justice Braxfield, Lord Mansfield (of law merchant fame), Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, William F. Howe (Abe Hummel's partner), Scene at Trial of Carlyle W. Harris, Lord Gordon Hewart (present Lord Chief Justice of England...