Word: bindings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ernest Fremont Tittle, Detroit's Dr. Henry Hitt Crane, Pasadena's Dr. Albert Edward Day, New York City's Dr. Ralph Washington Sockman are uncompromising pacifists. These pacifists led the last General Conference (at Atlantic City) to declare: "The Methodist Church, although making no attempt to bind the consciences of its individual members, will not officially endorse, support or participate in war. . . . Agencies of the Church shall not be used in preparation for war. . . . Buildings of the Church, dedicated to the worship of God, shall be used only for that holy purpose, and not by any agency...
...Album is definitely being published. Due to the long period of time necessary to print and bind it, it will not be ready for distribution till some time in July. All copies, unless otherwise requested, will be sent to the home addresses of the subscribers...
...South Pacific Headquarters, was certain to win this week's preferential primary in Illinois. The Chicago Tribune gave an order to its constituents: "A vote for MacArthur will be a vote for the return of stalwart Americanism to the White House." But the vote would not bind Illinois delegates. In Manhattan, MacArthur Headquarters were opened at the staid, legend-encrusted Murray Hill Hotel...
...Hampshire's quirky election laws caused all the confusion. These laws bind any delegates pledged to a candidate to stay pledged no-matter-what, until their candidate's name is no longer before the convention. For this reason Wendell Willkie had urged his delegates not to pledge officially to him. Three men nonetheless officially pledged themselves. They lost. Six men who "unofficially" made their Willkie sympathies known (including two-term Governor Robert O. Blood) were elected. But two of the top three vote-getting delegates were antiseptically committed to no one. And two others of the winning eleven...
...Last week the International Latex Corp., whose Playtex girdle "controls but does not constrict or bind," enthusiastically reprinted the letter in newspaper...