Word: exertions
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...Massachusetts law, or lack of it, rooming-house owners may be as biased as they like. But the University, since it is a private list, might exert some moral pressure by refusing to include those who will rent only to whites...
...with honor," said he. Later, he spoke hopefully of the meetings in Warsaw, where U.S. Ambassador Jacob Beam was preparing for Quemoy negotiations with Red Chinese Ambassador Wang Ping-nan this week. If the bilateral talks fail, said Eisenhower, "there is still the hope that the United Nations could exert a peaceful influence...
Heavy Stakes. More than that, California's gubernatorial battle probably will exert a profound influence on the presidential election of 1960. Rarely have so many presidential hopefuls had heavy stakes in a state election. Among them...
...check on Driver Kaiser, turned up the fact that he had a record of five arrests on charges ranging from speeding to driving without a license. And from the West German policemen's union came an irate demand that Strauss be charged with an attempt to exert improper influence...
Such consecrations are valid because by definition a bishop has the power to create other bishops-a power which, in Catholic doctrine, is transmitted in unbroken line from the apostles themselves. But no bishop may exert jurisdiction over a diocese without specific appointment from Rome. China's new "progressive" bishops are therefore subject to excommunication...