Word: governability
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...Canadian would tolerate him for a minute if he really tried to govern. As a Canadian once said of an earlier Governor General: "Religious Canada prays every Sunday that [he] may govern well, on the understanding that Heaven will never be so unconstitutional as to grant [the] prayer...
...proviso that seniority would govern promotions only where employes of equal merit and ability were involved...
...dodging the rap, quailed: "I have never begged for mercy in my life. ... I don't do it now. But I do ask for justice." But he wasn't beaten yet-until he has taken a Supreme Court appeal, he will remain on hand to help govern his town & country...
Would the Generalissimo be a candidate for President under the new constitution? "I have not thought of that as yet. When the power to govern is restored to the people, I will have completed my responsibility...
...64th Article of The Articles of War which "shall at all times and in all places govern the Armies of the United States" forbids willful disobedience to a lawful command of a superior officer...