Word: commitment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years of existence, the Council has shied away from politics. The question now is whether the Council should commit itself, on behalf of the GSA members, on the war. Several of its members think so, and the issue has become the focus of much bitterness...
...tame talkathon is directed against a civil rights bill that would make it a federal crime to commit violence-including murder-against members of racial and religious minorities trying to exercise their civil rights. The bill, already approved by the House, was the Senate's "pending business" when the current session opened. With teams of Southern Senators sharing the speaking, rarely heard by more than one or two colleagues, the bill is still pending...
There was some suspicion that Pyongyang might be planning to use Bucher's confession and interview as grounds for a trial of Pueblo's crew. "The criminals who encroach upon others' sovereignty and commit provocative acts must receive deserving punishment," said the party newspaper Nodong Sinmun. "These criminals must be punished by law." Warned State Department Spokesman Robert McCloskey: "The U.S. Government would consider any such moves by North Korea to be a deliberate aggravation of an already serious situation...
...cheese merchant. But there was nothing, absolutely nothing, small-time about Pierre Aunay. Standing trial on eight separate charges-ranging from jail breaking to cashing phony money orders-Aunay pleaded innocent on all counts. He was, he explained to the court, far too big a crook to have committed such insignificant crimes and far too slick a crook to be caught for the crimes he did commit. Not that the police had not tried. "As Commissaire Benhamou of the Judicial Police once admitted to me," testified Aunay, " 'every time we can't solve a crime, we blame...
...seriously interested in considering the possibilities for a second American Revolution? Are you willing to commit yourself to the hard work involved in such an effort? This will be an intensive seminar. Meetings will center around readings and each participant's understanding of what it means for him to consider being a revolutionary. Limited...