Word: governs
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...British govern the atoll as a crown colony, based on Captain James Cook's discovery of it in 1777. But in one of history's mildest international disputes, the U.S. has never relinquished, nor seriously pressed, its own claim, based on the working of guano deposits by an American firm there in the 1850s. Occupied jointly by the U.S. and Britain in World War II, the atoll supported a U.S. airbase. Britain had another Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, 200 miles south of Java. In 1958 the island was transferred to Australia, which still uses...
...CHURCH DISCIPLINE. The council is expected to revise the already lax rules that govern fasts and Friday abstinence from meat. The canon laws that govern the antiquated Index of Forbidden Books will be brought up to date; some bishops have asked that the Index be abolished. The council may recommend that greater attention be paid to science and modern teaching methods in seminaries. Canon law relating to impediments to marriage will probably be reformed-although the church is likely to make a strong reaffirmation of its stand against artificial birth control. Presumably, the council will take a stand against sins...
...mayor of Boston is a vassal of the legislature and the victim of a feudal tax structure," Collins declared at a forum sponsored by the Joint Center on Urban Studies, where five "new mayors" attempted to explain where they find the power to govern...
Mayor Ben West of Nashville, Tenn., supported Collins' contention that "the mayor must go to the State legislature to get the power to govern." He stressed that if American cities are to survive, "they must be allowed sources of revenue besides property taxes...
...Mayors--Where to Find the Power to Govern?" will be the topic of a forum tonight at 8 p.m. at Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall...