Word: commitments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Refusing to commit himself on his present political intentions, Dever said only, "I shall announce to the people of Massachusetts what my plans are before February...
...Undergraduate Organizations on Academic Freedom had a set of procedure as cumbersome as its name. By tying itself to other College groups without conclusively establishing its position within the Committee, the Council at once put itself at a disadvantage. The Council delegate never fully understood how far he could commit the Council with the other undergraduate groups. And no provision was made for coping with inevitable problems of political partisanship which a meeting of groups so diverse as the Liberal Union and the Young Republicans would produce. As a result, there were charges and counter-charges which could only discredit...
Stop Lights & Fireplugs. It is, said Sorokin, "downright dangerous to jump to the conclusion that an act which you have committed, or commit frequently, is all right simply because you can mention a sexual-research project that proves you've got plenty of company. In this country there are large numbers of automobile drivers who have a habitual contempt for traffic laws. They speed, forget to signal, pass stop lights and obstruct fireplugs when they park. But their growing numbers do not make their crimes 'all right' . . . Sexual behavior, like any other kind, must be tested...
Suicide Alone. "We are not so much interested in getting German troops," said he, "as we are in a situation in which the Western nations, especially France and Germany, will not commit suicide." He paused. "But if they decide to commit suicide, they may have to commit suicide alone...
Last week the judge gave each of the fathers six months' suspended sentence with a warning that "if your children commit any more thefts, you will serve the six months in jail." It was the first time in Texas that a parent has been held liable to imprisonment for the crimes of his children. It was also the first time in many a long month that quiet has reigned in Rosenberg...