Word: obey
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...People of the Book fear that the page (and reading and writing) will die. Who will adhere to the linear rationality found in books, new and old? Who will obey rules if books of laws are diminished or replaced by lines of code? Who will turn nicely bound pages when everything is available (almost free) on flickering screens? Perhaps only the rich will read books on paper. Perhaps only a few will pay attention to the wisdom on their pages...
...fight. The U.N. had to order 4,000 helmets for troops who came without any and scrounge for simple necessities like barbed wire. When an officer from one country gave orders to a unit from another, that unit's officers first radioed home to find out whether to obey. Though given a mandate to use force, many of the soldiers carried weapons they are not trained or willing to fire. Worst of all, no one drew up a fallback plan for what to do if one side decided to renege on its word. "The R.U.F. was supposed to turn...
...government points out one certain thing: as often as the family promised to obey the law, it also warned that if the feds wanted Elian, they would have to use force. Marisleysis told a federal official a few days before the raid, "There's more than cameras inside the house...
...foot dragging paid tactical benefits. In time, relations between Starr's office and the Justice Department deteriorated. Unknown to the press or public, Starr at one point came within hours of possibly losing his job--and being declared in contempt of court--because he refused to obey a secret court order to answer questions by Clinton's lawyers about grand jury leaks. Meanwhile, those lawyers had entered into "joint defense agreements" with grand jury witnesses whose attorneys had been recommended by the White House. This sharing of information gave Clinton's defenders a direct window into the supposedly secret grand...
Even in the U.S., which has some of the toughest environmental laws, safeguarding rivers and reservoirs is a constant struggle. While many companies obey the rules, others still try to use waterways as dump sites. American environmental-enforcement officials have been bombed, shot, run over and sued while trying to perform their duties. But the most demoralizing blows invariably come from their employers: the Governor or commissioner who wants to shield a political contributor or recruit polluters to the state by shutting down environmental enforcement. Some environmental cops must dodge both bullets and their bosses to protect the public from...