Word: edicts
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...integration fight. Reason: by clearly establishing that local officials are entitled to protection from the U.S. courts when they perform duties imposed upon them by the U.S. Constitution, the decision gave a nudge to school boards that realize they must ultimately obey the Supreme Court's integration edict but have dragged their feet in fear of local opposition...
Arriving in Manhattan for a showing of his spring creations. Paris Dressmaker Christian Dior let slip a few shapes of things to come. What next year's chic woman will look like, according to the edict of the Dioracle: her skirt will be "just a bit longer," her dress hues often favoring "toast to caramel" shades, her hat smaller, in order to show more of her face...
...correctly senses the futility of making a success out of marriage with a social-climbing, materialistic female, so he faces the breakup without regret. . . . The ills that beset the Randalls can be found to a greater or lesser degree in so many U.S. marriages and in Yolaine's edict: "No money...
...considerable personal and/or club funds on trips to interview the prospects in their areas. Such expenses under the new rule could no longer be exempted as contributions to charitable institutions. Expenditures of Ivy coaches are still met by the universities themselves, which are excluded from the tax bureau's edict...
Melish did not take the edict lying down. The night before, the anti-Melish faction had changed some 40 church locks to keep Melish out. Melish partisans had countered by tearing off one of the locks. At the 11 o'clock service, the second minister, who had been sent by Bishop De Wolfe, retreated when it became apparent that most of the congregation was following the Rev. Mr. Melish's conduct of the service. The reason that many parishioners back Melish is that they resent the bishop's actions as "High Church" interference...