Word: disobeyed
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...only son." Loyalists comprised some 20% of the white American population in the colonies during the war, and their ranks included men and women, rich and poor, immigrants and native-born. But Benjamin chose to reject his mother country, and his son chose to disobey his father. Benjamin never forgave William for his "disloyalty...
...also denied a U.S. newspaper report that claimed papers found in a house used by Saddam's son Qusay allegedly indicate the regime paid him more than $10 million. Galloway is well-accustomed to controversy, having said the best thing British troops in Iraq could do was to disobey "illegal orders" to fight; and, in 1994, for telling Saddam, "Sir, I salute your courage, your strength and your indefatigability." Galloway says he was saluting the Iraqi people. Now the use of funds he raised to help an Iraqi girl suffering from leukemia is also being looked into. - By Helen Gibson...
Describing the University’s resistance to McCarthy-era investigations of its faculty members as “one of its proudest moments,” Summers said that while Harvard will not disobey any government mandates, it will do everything possible to ensure that its scholars’ intellectual liberties are not violated...
...When they're hiding it, you need someone to come forward and tell you where it is," says General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. strategists are hoping that if defeat appears inevitable, Saddam's scientists will start talking and his generals will disobey his orders to launch unconventional weapons. But that's just a hope. A senior Arab diplomat predicts that if Saddam intends to use chemical or biological weapons, the U.S. won't be able to stop him. "It will be a dirty war," the diplomat says...
...Catechism of the Catholic Church calls homosexual acts “objectively disordered,” which does not mean that homosexuality is believed to be a disorder. It means that sexual acts outside of the frame of procreation disobey the Church’s teaching on sexual economy. Acts are condemned and not inclinations: the Catechism also teaches that “everyone, man and woman, should acknowledge and accept his [sic] sexual identity,” and it specifically calls for the treatment of sexual minorities with respect and compassion. The Church does not believe that homosexual individuals...