Word: beholdenness
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When the reporters had cleared out, he swore in the sheriff, telling him: "The main thing I want you to understand is that I appointed you because you are a good citizen, not because you are the friend of a friend, and you are not beholden to me or anyone else but the people of your county...
...merely the law in books but, something far more difficult to acquire, the law as applied in action in the courtroom; judges deeply versed in the mysteries of human nature and adept in the discovery of the truth in the discordant testimony of fallible human beings; judges beholden to no man, independent and honest and-equally important-believed by all men to be independent and honest; judges, above all, fired with consuming zeal to mete out justice according to law to every man, woman and child that may come before them and to preserve individual freedom against any aggression...
...managerial function, Carmine De Sapio is a man to watch. Averell Harriman and New York City Mayor Robert Wagner hold two of the nation's most important political offices-and both are immensely beholden to De Sapio. Moreover, De Sapio's probable control of the largest bloc of delegate votes at the Democratic National Convention in 1956 gives him a rich chunk of political capital that he can be expected to invest shrewdly...
...embracing, behind-the-scenes influence which has largely vanished from more-complicated areas of the country. Though Biltz is a Republican, crusty old Democratic Senator Pat Mc-Carran communes with him from Washington almost daily by long-distance telephone. Nevada's bumbling G.O.P. Senator Malone is beholden to him. And Biltz hand-picked Nevada's Governor Charles Russell. As a result, Nevada's big gamblers (who are also big campaign contributors) listen when Biltz whispers, for the gover nor appoints the tax commission, and the tax commission licenses the gamblers. The legislature meets infrequently and seldom disappoints...
...Romulo wing calculated it needed only one break on the convention floor to win a majority of delegates. But that one break was crucial. Since many of the delegates were Quirino jobholders or otherwise beholden to him, Romulo demanded a secret ballot. Quirino's professionals deftly outmaneuvered Romulo by taking an open ballot to decide whether to hold a secret ballot. Just as a sudden thunderstorm broke overhead, the results were announced: 243 for the secret ballot, 644 against it. When Romulo's Floor Manager Tomas Cabili added up the figures, the convention broke into a thunderstorm...