Word: obeying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pope directed the U.S. hierarchy to "address this situation courageously." He seemed to indicate that bishops and priests should re- emphasize that Catholics should not receive Communion if they do not obey the church's moral demands. (In a speech two days later, John Paul specifically applied this requirement to parishioners who remarry after divorce...
...ships to the stricken U.S.S. Stark after an Iraqi fighter plane accidentally attacked the frigate last May, killing 37 men. Several Arab ports in the gulf, including Bahrain and Dubai, permit U.S. Navy ships to make rest-and-relaxation stops; sailors, however, must wear civilian clothes on land and obey curfews. Despite official denials, Kuwait has offered to provide free fuel and maintenance for the U.S. warships that escort its reflagged vessels...
...rebels. One compromise may be to approve continued economic aid for Central American democracies but with a lower amount of military aid than the President requests. Another would be to approve "phase- out" funds to pay for contra resettlement. "Nobody's talking about no money," said Democratic Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin, another opponent. "It is going to be difficult to shut off the contras...
Eventually, the Newtonian notion of the Constitution came to seem static. ; Thinkers like Woodrow Wilson and Oliver Wendell Holmes began referring to it as an animate thing. Wrote Wilson: "Society is a living organism, and must obey the laws of life, not of mechanics; it must develop...
...reason for this highway heresy is simple: people don't obey the law anyway. Polls show that about 50 percent of the people in most states don't obey the speed limit. The other 50 percent--like those people who say they don't masturbate--are probably lying...