Word: countermands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...talked of learning by doing, the Communist line became virtually learning by anarchy. Says Hechinger: "Schools were run by student-elected committees. Even elementary school pupils had a voice equal to their teachers. Book learning was discredited. Communist youth leaders not only spied on the teachers but could countermand their orders and free pupils from classroom work. Examinations were labeled the marks of bourgeois reaction. Homework was prohibited...
...Commissioner's order is unconstitutional, everyone ought to oppose and resist it and hope that the Commissioner, or someone in authority, will countermand the order at once. William S. Taylor, Department of Psychology, Smith College...
...think not. But all agree that the genetics of cancer-causing viruses and cells that are their victims is a promising road toward the cure or prevention of cancer. If cancer cells multiply wildly because the DNA of a virus is giving them orders, it may be possible to countermand those orders with another kind of DNA. Knowledge about DNA may also help prevent some kinds of radiation damage...
...with London. Why should he trade the dependability of the British Exchequer for bondage to the Saudi royal family, blood enemies of his Hashemite clan? He seemed genuinely shocked by the uproar in Britain over the removal of Glubb, and sent personal word to Anthony Eden asking him to countermand the order withdrawing 15 of the Arab Legion's remaining British officers...
This new policy does not countermand in any way the deferment of every college student until the end of the academic year in which he is enrolled...