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Wild Justice

Chapter XXXVIII · Chapter 38

Chapter 38 of Wild Justice is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The university PR system was cranked up to its fullest.
Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.
The trashing of Diana blossomed into an intellectual lynching of the lowest order.
Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.
The official Belmont University response was delivered by the public relations spokesperson who dismissed the LOD as, "inconsequential.
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Wild Justice

Chapter XXXVIII · Chapter 38

Chapter 38 of Wild Justice is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/9 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The university PR system was cranked up to its fullest.
Line 2
Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.
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The trashing of Diana blossomed into an intellectual lynching of the lowest order.
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Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.
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The official Belmont University response was delivered by the public relations spokesperson who dismissed the LOD as, "inconsequential.

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a

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

advised

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

alerted

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

alumni

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

an

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From this reading The trashing of Diana blossomed into an intellectual lynching of the lowest order.

and

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

around

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

as

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

Attorney

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

Belmont

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

blossomed

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From this reading The trashing of Diana blossomed into an intellectual lynching of the lowest order.

by

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From this reading The official Belmont University response was delivered by the public relations spokesperson who dismissed the LOD as, "inconsequential.

came

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

complied

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

contributed

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

country

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

court

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

cranked

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From this reading The university PR system was cranked up to its fullest.

decrease

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

delivered

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From this reading The official Belmont University response was delivered by the public relations spokesperson who dismissed the LOD as, "inconsequential.

Diana

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From this reading The trashing of Diana blossomed into an intellectual lynching of the lowest order.

dismissed

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From this reading The official Belmont University response was delivered by the public relations spokesperson who dismissed the LOD as, "inconsequential.

enrollment

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

findings

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

for

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

fullest

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From this reading The university PR system was cranked up to its fullest.

General

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

groups

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

had

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

in

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

inconsequential

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From this reading The official Belmont University response was delivered by the public relations spokesperson who dismissed the LOD as, "inconsequential.

intellectual

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From this reading The trashing of Diana blossomed into an intellectual lynching of the lowest order.

into

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From this reading The trashing of Diana blossomed into an intellectual lynching of the lowest order.

its

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From this reading The university PR system was cranked up to its fullest.

later

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

Letters

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

LOD

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From this reading The official Belmont University response was delivered by the public relations spokesperson who dismissed the LOD as, "inconsequential.

loss

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

lowest

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From this reading The trashing of Diana blossomed into an intellectual lynching of the lowest order.

lynching

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From this reading The trashing of Diana blossomed into an intellectual lynching of the lowest order.

Much

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

not

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

of

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From this reading The trashing of Diana blossomed into an intellectual lynching of the lowest order.

official

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From this reading The official Belmont University response was delivered by the public relations spokesperson who dismissed the LOD as, "inconsequential.

on

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

order

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From this reading The trashing of Diana blossomed into an intellectual lynching of the lowest order.

out

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

people

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

PR

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From this reading The university PR system was cranked up to its fullest.

public

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From this reading The official Belmont University response was delivered by the public relations spokesperson who dismissed the LOD as, "inconsequential.

relations

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From this reading The official Belmont University response was delivered by the public relations spokesperson who dismissed the LOD as, "inconsequential.

respect

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

response

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From this reading The official Belmont University response was delivered by the public relations spokesperson who dismissed the LOD as, "inconsequential.

sent

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

speakers

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

spokesperson

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From this reading The official Belmont University response was delivered by the public relations spokesperson who dismissed the LOD as, "inconsequential.

system

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From this reading The university PR system was cranked up to its fullest.

that

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

The

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From this reading The university PR system was cranked up to its fullest.

there

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

these

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

to

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From this reading The university PR system was cranked up to its fullest.

trashing

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From this reading The trashing of Diana blossomed into an intellectual lynching of the lowest order.

understand

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

university

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From this reading The university PR system was cranked up to its fullest.

up

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From this reading The university PR system was cranked up to its fullest.

various

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

was

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From this reading The university PR system was cranked up to its fullest.

were

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From this reading Letters were sent out to various alumni groups around the country and speakers to these groups were alerted and advised.

which

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

who

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From this reading The official Belmont University response was delivered by the public relations spokesperson who dismissed the LOD as, "inconsequential.

with

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From this reading Much later on, as people came to understand that the university had not complied with the findings of the court and Attorney General, there was a general loss of respect for Belmont which contributed to a decrease in enrollment.

Chapter 38 of Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague holds 47 sentences, grouped into 10 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 38 of Wild Justice contain?

Chapter 38 holds 47 sentences of Wild Justice, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 38 of Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 47 sentences, grouped into 10 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 38 of Wild Justice?

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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Cloudless
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