Word: commitment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...commit ourselves to Thee . . . confident that Thou are working more wisely and more powerfully among us than we understand...
...thought he was a Catholic. They aren't allowed to commit suicide, are they...
...save his amendment for the actual appropriation bill, where it would be more potent. But Texas Democrat Omar Burleson grabbed the issue, offered a "sense of Congress" amendment calling on the President to revise the status-of-forces agreements to give the U.S. exclusive jurisdiction over U.S. servicemen who commit offenses while on duty overseas. Loaded with homeside political dynamite, it was a tough bill for a Congressman to vote against, was defeated by a rare...
...last escape port in small groups. Private Tamura is more expendable than most. He has tuberculosis. His squad leader tells him to go back to the hospital-which has kicked him out after three days-and if he is not readmitted he is to use his last grenade to commit suicide and carry out "your final duty to your country." Taking his final ration of six raw potatoes, Tamura sets off. Aware that the hospital will not take him in, he lies on the ground with others who have been turned away; later he strikes...
...being is deployed. The basic agreement is the NATO status-of-forces treaty signed in London in 1951 and ratified by the U.S. Senate in 1953. This NATO treaty grants the U.S. primary jurisdiction over G.I.s in a NATO country who get in trouble while on duty, or who commit offenses against other U.S. citizens. The treaty generally grants the "host" NATO country primary legal jurisdiction when G.I.s commit off-duty, off-base offenses that can range from running red lights to rape...