Word: obeying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Powers and Bozzotto's slate. The University refused to allow Bozzotto into the dining halls to talk with workers about issues. Bozzotto said at the time that the ruling gave Sullivan, whom Powers liked, a monopoly on the workers' attention; Powers said the University had rules Bozzotto had to obey...
...right of American workers to negotiate their wages." But the union movement, he contended, had always recognized "that public employees could never be allowed to strike." Strikes by Government workers are illegal, he noted, and "we cannot, as citzens, pick and choose the laws we will or will not obey...
...fortnight ago there finally was a break in that reluctant agreement by the families to accept the men's wishes. Catherine Quinn decided she could no longer obey such orders. When her son Patrick, 29, was unable to hold down water and fell unconscious, she defied him and had prison authorities take him to a nearby hospital and feed him intravenously. "He can't make a decision for himself any more," she said, "I want my boy to live." When Pat Quinn regains his wits, the cruel struggle between family and cause will continue...
...scene, prisoners in green pajamas and blue robes, shuffling around slowly, trying to stretch their fasts-and lives-as long as they are able. The British will not force-feed them. They claim that such an act amounts to personal assault and, besides, they say the doctors will not obey such orders. Hospital pathologists report that post-mortems reveal no single cause of death. Rather, the young bodies simply wither away. It is a terrible way to die, bodies slowly wearing out, time and faces blurring. The prisoners strengthen themselves from time to time by recalling the words...
...spies, especially on campuses, to keep an eye on the 500,000 Taiwanese living in the U.S. At a hearing last week, a House foreign affairs subcommittee heard testimony that Taiwanese headed for the U.S. are warned not to speak out against the Chiang government. Most obey, aware of the ubiquitous informers. Said Iowa Republican Jim Leach: "Without question, agents of the Taiwan government have engaged in harassment, intimidation and monitoring of U.S. residents." He called on the U.S. Government to investigate Chen's death and to determine whether campus spies are violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act. There...