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Word: condign (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...will give up superiority in a gradual, step-by-step procedure if other nations sign the ADA charter-and if, in matters covered by the charter, they give up the one-power veto which now prevents penalizing any member of the Big Five unless all concur. Baruch proposed "condign punishments" for violations, which would be "stigmatized as international crimes." and he said that punishment must not be avoided by means of a veto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Faces to the Sun | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

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