Word: call
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Assume that your friend and cousin, having had a tragic accident, comes to your door late in the evening. He is completely exhausted, in shock, and has water in his lungs and a slight concussion. Do you call a doctor? Don't be ridiculous. The proper thing is to take your friend to the nearest ferry and, when the ferry is shut down for the night, just calmly stand there and watch him swim across the channel, preferably fully clothed. Now he'll be able to recuperate all by himself in a nice comfortable motel room...
...There is even more reason to doubt Kennedy's explanation for his dangerous swim from Chappaquiddick to Martha's Vineyard after the accident. Though regular ferry service stops at midnight, a 100 phone call from the Chappaquiddick dock will bring the ferry out at any time in response to any kind of emergency. A sign is visible for anyone to see, and the cost is only slightly higher than during regular hours (500 per passenger v. 150). "We come out after midnight for any legitimate reason," says Gared Grant, the ferry operator. "It doesn't have...
Dirksen's vehicle is a section of Article V of the Constitution, never before invoked. It specifies that "on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states," Congress "shall call a convention for proposing amendments." Before becoming part of the Constitution, provisions advanced by the convention must be ratified by three-quarters of the states...
Court Challenges. With little publicity-and a minimum of public hearings-33 state legislatures have voted convention applications and submitted them to Congress. One more petition is all that is technically needed to call a convention. Before they recessed recently, both the Delaware and Wisconsin legislatures were considering resolutions...
...Personal Calls. Another basis for challenge is the inconsistent wording of the various petitions. Some call for the removal of state legislatures from the jurisdiction of federal courts. Others ask for a specific amendment ruling out constitutional restrictions on legislative apportionment. Democratic Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina, who favors the Dirksen amendment, has proposed a bill to limit a constitutional convention to predetermined issues. The measure has received minimal attention...