Word: lift
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Court of Appeals later rapped West by declaring that "censorship in any form-judicial censorship include-is simply incompatible with the dictates of the constitution and the concepts of free press." It also described the conflict as a "civil libertarian's nightmare." Nevertheless, the appeals court refused to lift either the contempt citation or the fine. Reason: the court said that Dickinson and Adams should have obtained an injunction against West's order before publishing their stories. Because of the Supreme Court's refusal to intervene, that West's would be considered binding until an appeal...
Reisman: The only way to get rid of the barriers is to repeal those acts of legislation which erect the barriers. In order for these barriers to be lifted, it has to be first understood that its necessary to lift them. That's the thing to accomplish...
...weeks, Nigeria's has almost doubled, to $8.40 per bbl., and Indonesia's has increased 20%, to $6 per bbl. Price controls on U.S.-produced petroleum will be slowly loosened in the near future in order to tempt oilmen to expand exploration and boost supplies. Rising oil prices will lift the cost of such other fuels as propane, natural gas and even coal...
...bombed-out Egyptian coast-guard camp, we saw Egyptian dead sprawled in shallow trenches. As we drove along the Great Bitter Lake, we could see smoke rising from Suez far to the south. Finally, we were dropped off in a forward command post, where I was given a lift in the APC of a colorful brigadier general. Let's call him "Tallo" (it is a violation of Israeli censorship to publish the names of brigade commanders). Moshe, the APC machine gunner, had cautioned me to sleep near the vehicle because shelling was frequent. Incoming artillery soon proved his point...
...care if their country is half as rich as France or Germany-as long as they do not have to work as hard as Frenchmen or Germans. Says Koestler: "The same lovable bloke who risked his life on D-day to keep the country free would not lift a finger at the Ford plant at Dagenham to put the country back on its feet...