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Word: commits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...York City -- "incommensurate with a $30,000 fine." However, one of Leary's lawyers, Joel Finer of Austin, Texas, called the heavy sentence "meaningless" because it is not a final sentence. Finer explained that Judge `Connally had an option to impose final sentence on Leary Friday or to commit him for 90-day psychiatric observation first...

Author: By Andrew T. Weil, | Title: Leary Plans Drug Conviction Appeal, Urges Test Case of Marijuana Laws | 3/14/1966 | See Source »

...frequently is leadership--a charismatic leader for the club who would both attract a devoted following and, in the words of a former Radcliffe coordinator, "get people to think they're giving their time for something worthwhile. It's all a question of security--people don't want to commit themselves to something that might be a bust. Freshman Cliffies are so vulnerable to being used--if they are approached by this charismatic figure and made to think they could use Young Dems to meet people like him, they would work. And as long as they worked, what the hell...

Author: By Linda J. Greenhouse, | Title: Young Dems Search for Something Significant to Say | 3/10/1966 | See Source »

...short, to define a phrase which expresses the workings of an idea in the hands of hundreds or perhaps thousands of people is to ignore one of its most salient features -- mysterious happenings -- and commit it to an orthodox fate...

Author: By William Krohley, | Title: Community Development: Its Name May Be Mud | 3/3/1966 | See Source »

...what extent does a person commit himself when he fills out an application and takes the test? Can he change his mind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Q & A: About Skills, Pay, Qualifications | 3/3/1966 | See Source »

...more than he does, and perpetuates his isolation. The father then switches alliances, and tells Leni that Johanna has been seeing Frantz. That's when it really hits the fan: Leni tells Johanna of Frantz's past as a torturer; Johanna abandons Frantz; Frantz sees his father and they commit suicide together. Leni takes Frantz's place in the attic...

Author: By Thomas C. Horne, | Title: New York Theatre I: | 2/26/1966 | See Source »

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