Word: commitments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, dust to dust. . . . Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. . . . Lord have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy...
...large, they were the fanatical, troublemaking variety of Nisei segregated at Tule Lake, Calif., for disloyalty. Until a year ago change of allegiance was so difficult to achieve that a Nisei had to commit treason or desert from the armed forces to make it. Now, thanks to a recent act of Congress, anybody can renounce his U.S. citizenship if the U.S. Attorney General finds it is not contrary to the national defense...
...have sometimes carried them out on their own initiative with enthusiasm and delight. . . . I am thinking of the horrible tortures in concentration camps, of the burning of women and children in that church in southern France where the whole population was massacred, of crimes which no man ought to commit, however strong the order given to him. . . . Some share of guilt [must go to] the whole German people. We cannot entirely distinguish [them] from the Nazis...
...provision requiring a two-thirds vote instead of a simple majority to do this is a marked concession to the smaller powers. It means that the Big Five, even when united, cannot commit the world organization to any action without approval of at least two of the Council's little-nation members. At least in theory, six smaller members could join forces with one of the Big Five to override the other four in preliminary decisions...
Congressmen moved gingerly. A bare majority was reported to be in favor, but few of them were ready to commit themselves until they knew definitely how the public winds blew. Public opinion showed that most U.S. citizens were in favor of such an act. The Gallup poll showed 63% answering Yes; an Iowa poll (sponsored by the Des Moines Sunday Register), 71%; the FORTUNE poll, 69%; the National Opinion Research Center poll...