Word: commit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Representative Floyd said that Julian Bond, when questioned on the floor of the house, said he did not know whether he was strong enough to commit treason against the U.S. 'A man that doesn't know in one split second,' Floyd said, 'whether he can commit treason against his country in my opinion is not qualified and doesn't have the right to sit in the house of representatives voting on legislation that would affect my life or any other Georgian's life...
automatic commitment to a mental institution. In Massachusetts, for example, a manslaughter defendant acquitted for insanity faces indeterminate commitment, often for life. And in the federal District of Columbia, Congress has passed a special law that would certainly commit allegedly insane tax evaders...
GUMMIDGE: You're on your way. For your final exam, read and commit to memory the 23rd Psalm Jargonized by Alan Simpson, president of Vassar College...
...bombing of North Viet Nam were bad and that birth control and capital-gains taxes were good, its members found much more to disagree on, such as whether NATO was good or bad. So divided were the parties, in fact, that the only specific action to which they would commit themselves was to work together to try to defeat Gaullist candidates in the parliamentary elections next March. Even that collaboration will be limited. It applies only to runoff elections in which two leftist candidates face one Gaullist. In such cases, one of the leftists will be expected to withdraw...
...most experts as primus inter pares - was quick to minimize its importance. Said he as the new medal was pinned to his chest: "In the face of the great task that has to be accomplished, I am encouraged by an awareness of the fact that in the entire Central Commit tee and the government we are working as a smooth, harmonious collective, relying on each other's assistance...