Word: obeys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Carstensen, newly elected President of the society, stood behind his Secretary, saying: "As long as the Volstead Act is there, it is the duty of good citizens to obey it, but I recognize the right of good citizens to ask for modification...
...sought the Quai d'Orsay (Foreign Office) nearby with swift nervous strides. As its portals flashed open before him, he tossed his battered felt hat to a flunkey and bellowed questions and commands in a rich throaty voice. Almost before the Foreign Office secretaries could answer or obey, he had seized his hat again, jammed it down over his thick mane of hair and rushed back to le Chambre. The individual who thus hectically disported himself throughout the week, was, of course, M. Aristide Briand. As Premier he was forced to keep an eye on a most uproarious...
...Order must not be disturbed in any way. This I demand with the utmost severity . . . All Fascists will obey, as always.-MUSSOLINI...
Bellowed Mussolini, fearless even of his friends: "You will obey! You will take no revenge because I wish...
...OBEY-- Is a word never to be taken too literally. It is the sign of a very novice so to misconstrue a ladies Intention as to obey orders pronounced only for form's sake...