Word: obey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Russian Congress of "People's Committees" or "Soviets," composed of delegates from all over Russia, transferred its support from Kerensky and his Menshevik War party to Lenin and his Bolshevik peace-and-land faction. Bolshevik propaganda in the army and navy caused many of the troops to obey Lenin rather than Kerensky...
Marriage. This service is made more "elegant." References to "carnal lusts and appetites" and to "procreation" are expressed in less physiological terms. The word "obey" is deleted...
What is alluded to as "a direct thrust at the drinking situation" has been made by the authorities of Williams College in requiring a pledge from every member of each fraternity to obey "The laws of the college, the state and the land" before permission is granted for the annual house parties and festivities. It is reported that most of the fraternities are in favor of rejecting the requirement, which may result in the abandoning of some of the usual functions next month. This action of the Williams faculty is undoubtedly motivated by a conscientious desire to remove an existing...
Commenting, last week, Marshal Foch continued: "I could have given a formal order [to Generals Pershing and Haig] but that is not how I worked. People obey badly when they obey against their will. I always preferred the role of counselor to that of chief. I preferred to convince everyone that my plan was possible, realizable and to give everyone a desire to carry it through...
...saved the life of the Socialist Tito Zaniboni, caught in the act of preparing to shoot him (TIME, Nov. 16, 1925) by crying to the angry mob: "Fascists, you will take no revenge because I wish it! You will obey...