Word: obey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great trouble with China," he said, "is the local military governors in the provinces, who are backed by their armies and refuse to obey the commands of the central government...
...point in the deadlock at which they were merely playing into the hands of the La Follette Magnus Johnson Brookhart radical element. ... I decided that the inevitable split between the conservative and radical members of the Senate had come, and that it was time for me to obey my profoundest instincts and convictions and to part company for a time with other Democratic Senators. ... As far as I am concerned, it might as well be understood now as later that no boat has room enough to hold Senator La Follette and his adherents...
...withdraw from Davis Cup play and a searing indictment against the Davis Cup Committee system. He alleged that the players were not selected, in some cases, until a few hours before their match. They were given no plan of play. "I feel I am right in refusing to obey instructions given between the third and fourth sets of a match...
...There is nothing magic about the institutions of a democracy to make them take care of themselves", he said, "men of strong character must take an active part in civic life to make democracy a success. Yet this is seldom the case. Every where you will find people who obey the law and sing the "Star Spangled Banner, Justly, and call themselves good citizens. But suggest to them that they should vote or hold public office, and they would consider it preposterous. Such men are political sackers, they are a maniac to democracy...
...House of the Laity nothing changed. In the interest of women much was proposed, but nothing granted. Only women who will promise to " obey " can be church-married. The Tenth Commandment also remains intact. It still reads: "Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is his." Miss Maude Royden, persistent feminist agitator, endeavored to have "wife " eliminated. " Women dislike to be categoried with...