Word: obeys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Army, mostly recruited outside Socialist Vienna, seemed ready to obey "Little Dollfuss" and by his command two regiments marched in, planted machine guns at strategic points, massed armored motor trucks where they might soon do the most good. Burgomaster Seitz shouted: "Vienna is no city of slaves! We warn the Government of the consequences of this dictatorship...
...Shut the Great Wall's gates!" he ordered. "Close the Kupei Pass!" Frantically Chinese troops of the Peiping garrison rushed to obey orders and thus shut Jehol's luckless Chinese defenders out of China. Commandeering motor cars, trucks, carts and 10,000 Peiping rickshaws & coolies, the Young Marshal's troops sped 50 mi. to the Wall. No fool, War Lord Tang did not himself try to slip in from Jehol, but 242 motor trucks loaded with his "treasures" reached the Wall. Promptly the treasures vanished...
When interviewed on the subject, one of the civic-minded members of the profession stated: "What the government of the United States believes is best for the people must be correct. Every citizen should obey the instructions of the lawmakers...
...pension rolls," even to the extent of knocking out the $400,000,000 now paid for non-military disabilities. When it comes to Government spending, able "Lew" Douglas, with the President's backing, will issue crisp orders to the ten members of the Cabinet the theory: they will obey...
...last order the Porcupine quartet had not the heart to obey. They simply had to clean up when they went to the big city. They appeared at the dinner in store clothes with faces bright & shining. Vexed, Matt Brush would not let them sing. He and jovial Speculator Bernard E. ("Ben") Smith, upon whom the quartet had also made a profound impression and who had helped finance the stunt, were deeply disappointed over the whole business...