corporal

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At the time, an estimated 7% of California districts had banned corporal punishment, although Gov. Jerry Brown had just signed a law requiring parental permission.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Robert Docter, an L.A. school board member in the 1970s who successfully pushed to end corporal punishment and who sacrificed his political career trying to integrate campuses through busing, has died at 97.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Blevins, the wife of the Camp Lejeune Marine corporal, had been getting food from pantries periodically over the past few years to offset rising grocery costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

The great-great grandfather served in the army throughout World War Two, having joined in 1939 and left as a corporal in 1946.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025

Pat, a vivacious college beauty queen just two months graduated from Virginia State College, was marrying her college sweetheart, a young army corporal named Walter Kane.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly