Word: highhandedness
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As a teacher, Nabokov was provocative, tough, highhanded. At Wellesley, anxious to get off on a June butterfly hunt, he startled the registrar's office by wanting to turn in his grades before the final exam. He already knew, he said, exactly what each of his students was worth. When...
De Gaulle acted in character as he took his leave. Like the divorce of a celebrated and long-established couple, the split between him and his country seemed almost unbelievable. Yet he kept his dignity: he neither accused the nation that rejected him nor accused others of causing the break...
Three times in the past three decades, Panamanian Politician Arnulfo Arias has been elected President of his small (pop. 1.3 million) country. Twice, in 1941 and 1951, he was thrown out of power. Both times he was ousted by Panama's National Guard, the country's only military...
Sir: The revolting, highhanded, indefensible action of the "Imperial" Russian government in Czechoslovakia is a clear, unequivocal mandate to the U.S. to move at once on Cuba. Not only that, it proves to every reasonable human being how wise, how farseeing, how absolutely necessary is our policy in Southeast Asia...
Dangerous Gamble. Jurors are not expected to buck directed verdicts. But in days gone by, they took more of a risk than did Solana. In 16th century England, the remote ancestor of today's directed verdict was called a writ of attaint; under it a judge could refuse to...