Word: merely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Geofroy v. Riggs (1890) the Court said, "It would not be contended that (a treaty) extends so far as to authorize what the Constitution forbids." In addition, the President, by his oath of office, is sworn to enforce and uphold the Constitution. This certainly pertains to treaty-making. A mere statement that treaties should be in accord with the Constitution does not, therefore, warrant a constitutional amendment...
...between those who actually attempt suicide and those who only threaten it, the latter are actually the more "disturbed," in the psychiatric sense, by guilt, aggression, irritability and agitation. Those who try it may be more withdrawn, but it often seems that the mere attempt has helped to get them temporarily back on an even emotional keel...
...began their tour of Pakistan this winter by roughing up some hotel servants in Karachi. "A bit of tomfoolery," said the diplomatic hotel manager. Then the ambassadors of good will moved to Dacca, where they squirted soda water over other hotel guests. Polite Pakistani laughed it all off as mere youthful enthusiasm. Last week, the Pakistani stopped laughing...
...something into her hand. "I just read about your trouble," he said. "I want to help out a little bit. Here's two-fifty." She thanked him, but it was not until she was in the subway that she noticed she was holding a check not for a mere $2.50 but for $250. It was signed by the prestigious British-born U.S. poet, W. H. (for Wystan Hugh) Auden. "Poets do look a bit unpressed, don't they?" she mused happily...
Kirk also said that men of conviction, men courageous enough to express their views, will be needed to combat the "very real danger of the degradation of the democratic dogma." He further criticized the tendency of the student in becoming a mere "passive recipient of canned knowledge...