Word: motions
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...Testament prophets. In domestic law it goes by the name of negligence. The application is familiar: by doing nothing to prevent a wrongful act, in spite of having the power to do so, one shares a portion of the blame. It may go further. If one sets into motion a train of events that lead to a calamity, however circuitously, he may be culpable as well, the absence of intention being merely a detail...
...motion before the Oxford Union, the university's prestigious 160-year-old debating society, had a familiar ring: "This house would not fight for Queen and country." Exactly 50 years earlier, on Feb. 9, 1933, the Union debated the same subject in the same wood-paneled hall. On that occasion, memories of World War I trench warfare were still vivid, and the motion was carried, 275 to 153. Only a few people seemed concerned that Adolf Hitler had just come to power in Germany. Even so, the pacifists' victory stirred an outcry. The Daily Express ranted against...
Last week the Union resoundingly reversed that pacifist stand. After 3½ hrs. of impassioned speeches from undergraduate and guest speakers, the motion was defeated 416 to 187. YES! cried a Daily Mail headline, THIS TIME THEY WILL FIGHT. It was, in fact, the third Oxford vote to do battle. In 1965, and again in 1981, similar debates were held, and the no votes won, though by narrow margins...
...like his father before him, argued the case for fighting. Another was Historian Max Beloff, 69, who as an Oxford undergraduate 50 years ago supported the pacifist line. This time Beloff, a lord, was on the other side. Said he: "Those of us who voted for the first motion have a duty to atone. Most of those who in this house said that they would not fight did, in fact, fight...
...response to the trend, neighborhood groups have accused the licensing board of issuing licenses for establishments haphazardly without any concern for the overall quality of the neighborhood. Ouchay sponsored a motion-which the City Council adopted late last year-urging the adoption of a coherent set of guidelines, and some argue that Grendel's and Ruggles should at least wait until such a policy is adopted before they receive their permits...