Word: obeys
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...judge interrupted: "When Police Chief Di Giorgi ordered you to suspend work on the road, why did you make no answer?" "If someone ordered me to kill you, Mr. President,'' Dolci replied softly, "I would not obey. To fill up the holes in a road in Partinico is a good, useful, almost indispensable act. That is why I didn't stop...
Newspapers and magazine salesmen must obey the Commissioner's orders at the threat of having their licenses revoked. The Department of Public Works licences all street vendors...
...brainstorm of New York Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, this amendment would withhold federal funds from any school district that refused to obey the Supreme Court decision prohibiting segregation in public schools. Powell argues that no federal money should be spent on segregated school programs because such construction would invite Southern districts to circumvent the law. If federal funds are used to build segregated schools now, Powell suggests, these structures will be illogically situated when desegregation arrives...
...mystery on which Dr. Dick Read stumbled has him baffled. In a tribe whose women are famed for their beauty, the chiefs have forbidden the women to bear more than one child each. To obey, they take an herb preparation by mouth every six or eight months. What the magic contraceptive component is, no white man knows...
Poujade had run his candidates under three different labels to catch votes. Several other parties had done the same thing. But now, on this technicality, the Assembly was trying to displace 13 Poujadists. Snapped Poujadist Le Pen: "People cannot be expected to obey laws if the Assembly does not do so itself. If you cannot respect the constitution, at least respect the will of the people...