Word: obey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seem a particularly promising spiritual beginning, and yet Casey's Catholicism marks him in a way that is not necessarily negative. By the end of the novel, Perkins thinks that Casey wants to be God, but the possibility appears to exist that Casey merely and profoundly wants to obey...
...recommendations of this elite, coupled with Bok's own reverence for efficient administrators who obey orders, seem to ensure that the new dean will approximate a parody of John T. Dunlop--conservative, inflexible, and haughtily remote from student opinion...
...financial wizards of organized U.S. crime, at last got his comeuppance, or at least some of his comeuppance. On the lam from the IRS since 1970, he was refused Israeli citizenship. Lansky finally returned to Miami to face trial on a criminal contempt charge-for failure to obey a subpoena. Lansky swore that his doctor had declared him too ill to make the long trip home. Nonetheless, the jury found him guilty. Now Lansky faces a charge of income tax evasion and one of skimming the profits off Las Vegas casinos, both with long-term sentences. After posting bonds totaling...
...owners that simple commands ("Heel," "Sit," "Stay") can be taught in five minutes. Trainer Woodhouse's commands and corrections rumble steadily, and the choke collar comes into play. "Heel!" she commands, slapping her thigh to reinforce her words. "Dogs love noises," she explains. A small Samoyed fails to obey, and Mrs. Woodhouse jerks him across the turf. The owner winces but Mrs. Woodhouse keeps on talking-and jerking. "This is what some dogs do and their poor owners go weak around the gills [jerk]. Stop, you naughty dog [jerk]. This is all put on for the benefit of anyone...
...order of a judge. When a person refuses to do what a judge lawfully tells him to do, he can be held in civil contempt and locked up. The theory is that he holds the key to his own release; the minute he convinces the judge that he will obey, he has purged his contempt and will be freed. By the same token, if he never obeys he never gets...