Word: obeying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hard. Hand-to-hand is not only rough & tumble but it defies the basic principle of sport: obey the rules. A combination of dirty boxing, dirty wrestling and dirty jujitsu, it teaches a fighter how to whip the other fellow, rules or no. If a cadet plays too fair, is ready to shake hands or even admits that his opponent is better, he may "bilge" (flunk) the course...
...Natives must obey labor orders, pocket no business profits without permission of the garrison commander, leave unchanged all prices prevailing...
...Scorching. The National Safety Council, usually concerned with automobile safety (auto deaths recently dropped 11%), issued safety instructions to the million-plus new bicycle riders. Points: obey traffic laws; ride single file on right with traffic; don't zigzag; don't stunt; don't hitch rides on other vehicles; don't carry passengers on the handle bars; don't race cars; use the bell; remember arm signals; carry packages in a basket...
...pressure of civic and church groups in addition to a large part of the country's press. Such pressure is being exerted on Boston theatres at present. This sort of hysterical condemnation is like refusing to teach German, or boycotting Wagnerian operas. But to attack his right to obey his own conscience is worse than absurd; it is dangerous. It is attacking a right which is regarded as fundamental, so fundamental that we exercise it even in wartime, although it may interfere ever so slightly with our efficiency in waging...
...good generals obey orders. General MacArthur asked only for time-time to plan the strategy to meet the next expected Jap attack (see p. 20), time to transfer his command to lean, competent Major General Jonathan M. ("Skinny") Wainwright, 58-year-old cavalry officer who knows all the tricks of Bataan defense...