Word: governability
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Industry. Best essay of the collection is E.D. Kennedy's piece on industry, dramatizing the march of monopolies. With John T. Flynn, who ridicules the proposition that Business can govern itself, Kennedy calls for government regulation of monopolies, not their dismemberment. "Let us not," advises Kennedy, "mistake the monopolist for a poor boy trying to get along...
Citizen Moseley's concluding paragraph reminded readers that the army has a "White Paper" plan for fighting civil wars if & when civil government ceases to govern. "Today," he wrote, "when doctrines subversive to American constitutional government are being preached and civil authority is often openly flouted, the Army . . . stands firm as the one stable element. . . . The Army of the United States, unlike certain other armies, will never march for any leader except one lawfully appointed and acting fully and lawfully in the interest of all citizens and holding high the Stars and Stripes forever...
...Hell. Nowadays, they make the world sound as bad as Hell once did. In Luckypenny, Bruce Marshall (Father Malachy's Miracle) demonstrates this development with a sermon thriller hinging on three themes : 1) that "rich men have been too selfish," which in turn makes the poor "unable to govern their greed," 2) that "mechanical invention has progressed out of all ratio to spiritual perfection," 3) that "men no longer believe...
...more months his Sultanate would go through the East African equivalent of 776 and he might do little or no yachting. Finally, last week, news came from Zanzibar that an agreement had been signed, Indian pickets could relax. From now on the English association's monopoly will govern only half the trade in Zanzibar cloves...
...examine, as realistically as possible, the factors which may govern '38's outlook on war. For the most part they are men without deep roots, family or financial. They are young men, in good health, and the prospect of an unadventurous, indoors, office life is unappetizing. And they are at that juncture in life where their most important and difficult decision must be made, namely what career to pursue. Anything to defer the necessity of making this decision is not wholly unwelcome. All this was true...