Word: obeys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With almost no preparations for so enormous an exodus -how could there have been with a war on?-thousands died along the route, the wounded from loss of blood, the weak from exhaustion, and others by execution, usually because they had not been quick enough to obey a Khmer Rouge order. Phnom Penh was not alone: the entire urban population of Cambodia, some 4 million people, set out on a similar grotesque pilgrimage. It was one of the greatest transfers of human beings in modern history...
Greaney issued a permanent injunction at 6 p.m. Donald Abbott, president of local 589, then announced the union members would meet to decide whether they would obey the injunction...
...chief architects of the ethics bill, Democrats David Obey of Wisconsin and Richardson Preyer of North Carolina, have been cold-shouldered by many colleagues because of the legislation. Some call Preyer "Chairman Mao," as if he were a dictator regulating their lives. According to Obey, the only time recently that he has got a smile from New York Democrat Mario Biaggi was when an untrue rumor circulated that Obey was retiring...
...Neill is determined to push through the ethics bill, probably in two or three weeks. If there is further caterwauling from disgruntled members, the Speaker has resolved to fight. As Obey puts it, "The credibility of the House is at stake...
...Charles with a contingent from Williams. The story of the Williams crew is very interesting. There is no body of water near Williams on which the crew can practice so they have to row on the streets of Williamstown. The shell is fully equipped with directional signals and must obey all the conventional traffic rules...