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Word: obey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...federals, who have reported him dead at least five times since last December. Taffy came perilously close to being killed a few weeks ago, when a round smashed into his binoculars. Short-tempered, he curses his black troops constantly, threatening to kill them if they don't obey orders. "You rotten bastards!" he roars, when things go wrong. "You bloody, treacherous morons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biafra: The Mercenaries | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

Kinneary said people who deal in marijuana and obey the law by paying the tax are subject to having their names published in a list made available to prosecutors...

Author: By (the UNITED Press), | Title: High Court Will Consider Law on Sale of Marijuana | 10/22/1968 | See Source »

...authorizes $7.3 billion in federal aid to private and public universities through 1971. Under the so-called "anti-riot" amendment, students who fail to obey a lawful order of university authorities or are convicted of a crime involving seizure of university property will lose federal aid for two years, if a university hearing finds the offense "contributed to substantial disruption of an institution's administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RIOT BILL SIGNED | 10/18/1968 | See Source »

...from the inner city-a lower-middle-class aspiration that produces white commuter cops who nervously regard black-ghetto patrols as raids behind enemy lines. According to Chicago Psychiatrist Clifton Rhead, a policeman needs distinct traits-a tendency to be suspicious, act fast, take risks, be aggressive and obey authority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE POLICE NEED HELP | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

...rick Cardinal O'Boyle was the speaker at the Sunday noon Mass at St. Mat thew's Cathedral in Washington. Instead of delivering a sermon, he entered the pulpit to read a pastoral letter that, it had been announced in advance, would exhort the faithful to obey the encyclical. As O'Boyle began to speak, about 400 worshipers, roughly one-third of the congregation, rose and walked out of the church. Despite this stunning rebuke, prearranged by two local organizations, the cardinal calmly delivered his message, which warned against "false prophets" who contend that birth control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roman Catholics: Soft Line on Contraception | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

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