Word: controls
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...government under law, Chief Justice John Marshall observed in the early 19th century, a judge must be "perfectly and completely independent, with nothing to influence or control him but God and his conscience." To help protect him from temptation, the framers of the Constitution created a free and independent federal judiciary, with life tenure, a handsome salary and protection from capricious removal or congressional retaliation. The judge's part of the bargain is implicit but clear. He is expected to adhere to moral standards far more stringent than those of the ordinary citizen. As Washington Attorney Joseph Borkin...
...circles (see TIME ESSAY). It is a common occurrence in Washington. Last week Representative Wright Patman accused Treasury Secretary David Kennedy of maintaining a secret interest in his old Chicago banking firm. In no case, however, has any link been established between these interests and attempts by outsiders to control officials' decisions...
Mayor Fuchs, who only hours before had boosterish dreams of a boomlet for Zap, now walked along Main Street in a daze, saying: "Animals! Animals!" He tried to bring the fire under control, but when the volunteer fire department arrived a score of youths jumped on the truck and began taking it apart. Finally, the thoroughly frustrated Fuchs called for help. Governor William Guy responded with 500 National Guardsmen, who came dressed for combat and armed with rifles and 5-ft. clubs. Within an hour the students were gone, leaving behind a shattered community. Not one of the town...
...into another round and lost. He no longer shares power in Egypt with General Abdel Hakim Amer, who committed suicide?or so the government said?after the 1967 war, and so Nasser could not again place the blame for defeat on the army. Since 1967, he has had personal control of Egypt's military, and now he is alone at the top, without a scapegoat...
...remained low. In April, 200 black and Puerto Rican students locked themselves inside the gates of the college's south campus. They wanted admissions policy to reflect the racial composition of the city's high schools, which are 45% nonwhite, compared with 12% at C.C.N.Y. They demanded control of faculty hiring and firing in the tutoring program, and a separate degree-granting school of black and Puerto-Rican studies. Backed by the politically appointed board of higher education, which controls C.C.N.Y., Gallagher closed the college to permit undisturbed negotiations...