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...symbol of her emancipation woman has agreed voluntarily to cast away. No longer need weary travelling men vacate their habitat before a feminine influx, or harassed deans tear their hair at co-eds who refuse to obey non-smoking regulations; not, that is, if the vote of the National Convention of Sororities means anything...
...Respect the representatives of Italy abroad and obey their directions and instructions...
...morning star will obey orders...
Prayer Book. The Bishops of the Church of England attempted to preserve this latitudinarianism and at the same time to create some authority for parochial idiosyncracies. Thus they arranged for an alternative marriage service in which they might omit the word "obey." And they provided for the "reservation of the Host," already practiced by some priests. "Reservation of the Host" means that the wafer consecrated at a mass preserves its sanctity, can be set aside (reserved) and carried to those unable to attend church services...
Despite these flag-wagging furores, L'Impero, one of the many organs of the Fascist Party, declared that "the calm reigning in Italy, despite Jugoslav provocations, does not mean that we are not indignant. It means that we disciplinarily obey Government orders...