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Abolished in 2022, professional juries of music experts are returning in the semi-finals with expanded, more diverse panels that include young jurors aged 18 to 25.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

Abolished the tax on admissions for legitimate drama and on all tickets costing 75 cents or less.

From Time Magazine Archive

Abolished was the chaperon system by which Girton girls could make visits and go to dances only in pairs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now at work on a monograph entitled Why Princeton Should Be Abolished, Harvardman Gould explained: "Most present-day publishers are illiterate and also from Princeton."

From Time Magazine Archive

Abolished the literary essay as a prominent part of the governmental examinations.

From Court Life in China by Headland, Isaac Taylor