Word: commandism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been well said that the emphasis in international life must shift from torts to contracts. And also we must perfect a machinery for a settlement of international disputes-not occasionally but on a total basis-under a tribunal or system of tribunals which will command general confidence as to the fairness of their judgments and whose procedures will be supported by a public opinion which will not tolerate a departure from them. We must establish an era where nations as well as individuals are subject to justice under...
...have the Southerners discussed the real point and purpose of the bill. This is not a bill to deny jury trial; this is not a bill to invade states' rights; this is not a bill to order the Strategic Air Command to unload on the Confederacy. This is a bill to protect the right to vote and to protect other already established civil rights...
...Persian Gulf sheikdoms, including Kuwait, remain Britain's special concern and might have to be defended by Britain alone, especially against local disturbances. This meant that Cyprus, lying on the wrong end of the lost canal, was no longer the strategic spot for Britain's Middle East command headquarters. A new base must be found south of Suez...
Bound for Spain and England with 566 passengers, the 17,872-ton British liner Reina del Pacifico headed out of Bermuda's Hamilton harbor through the narrow North Channel early one morning last week under command of Captain E. C. Hicks, making his first voyage as master. In 26 years the sturdy, Belfast-built Reina had made the trip hundreds of times. This time, six miles out, in the midst of colorful sea-fan gardens growing in coral that teems with blue angelfish, the Reina went aground on Devil's Reef...
...easily as she had slid on 84 hours before. Said the laconic voice over the loudspeaker: "Passengers are advised the vessel is now free." Said shattered Captain Hicks: "They're greasing a noose for me on the other side. This is my first and last passenger-ship command, I can assure...