Word: cannonism
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...Cannon Law. Behind most of the fish wars is a confusing juridical problem that three international conferences since 1930 have failed to solve. Since 1703, when they based original measurements on 18th century naval cannon ranges, major nations generally have established their territorial limits at three miles offshore. But fishing limits are something else, and more and more nations are pushing their boundaries beyond three miles-Mexico nine miles, Canada to twelve, and such nations as Chile, Peru and Ecuador to an imperious 200 miles offshore. Many nations have settled on a twelve-mile limit...
...lack of suspense, the galleries were filled as photographers for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society recorded the moment-the first time picture-taking was authorized while the Senate was in session. All but two Senators had announced their views in advance, and the unknowns split, Nevada Democrat Howard Cannon voting "yea" and Maine Republican Margaret Chase Smith weighing in with what she later described as "a troubled no." With the words, "I move that the President be immediately notified," Majority Leader Mansfield ended the proceedings. It was all over in ten minutes...
...Cannon, Nev. Mclntyre...
...venture (see SCIENCE). And further slashes may be in prospect. The subcommittee, reconsidering its vote, wound up in a 4 to 4 deadlock on a later move to pare the appropriation to a bare-bones $4.2 billion. The measure now goes before the full committee, where Missouri Democrat Clarence Cannon, the chairman, aims to cut out as much...
...steamy, palm-shaded Kuching, capital of Sarawak, the day's biggest excitement is the firing of the 8 p.m. cannon on the lawn of government house. "What a dull place," said a United Nations official. "I don't know how we're going to survive three weeks here." At the insistence of Indonesia's President Sukarno, an eight-member U.N. team is present to "ascertain" whether Sarawak and North Borneo really want to join the Federation of Malaysia, which Sukarno bitterly opposes. As the U.N. ascertainers began to sample opinions around Sarawak, they were nearly stoned...