inspectorship
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inspectorships
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Following the trail of a prussic acid theft, Sergeant Bell of Scotland Yard blunders his way into an inspectorship, following his self-denied solution of the crime.
From Time Magazine Archive
Formerly the inspectorship in Harvard College was held by one of the members of the College government.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall
The tenement labor, which is such an evil in many of our cities and one so impossible to deal with adequately by ordinary inspectorship provision, is not all there is to "home work."
From The Family and it's Members by Anna Garlin Spencer
In Salerno in particular, we decree that this inspectorship shall be limited to those who have taken their degrees as Masters in Physic.
From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by James J. Walsh
The evils arising from a want of uniformity in discipline and manoeuvres throughout the army, had long caused Washington to desire a well organized inspectorship.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
The sale of offices, of justice, of collectorships of taxes, of the administration, of the army, of the public domain, was only less onerous than the sale of monopolies and inspectorships of markets and ports.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
The few "plums" of the profession are the inspectorships of the Government and of the more important education committees.
From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Edith J. Morley
Candidates for these inspectorships must have had considerable administrative experience.
From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Edith J. Morley
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