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Word: obeys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intercept the jetliner. In a private room inside the bakery, Reagan agreed in principle to the move and provided "one or two elements of guidance on the concept and on the rules." By that he apparently meant whether U.S. interceptors would shoot if the EgyptAir flight failed to obey orders. The rules discussed in Chicago covered only the initial stages of the mission. If the Egyptian pilot resisted, the U.S. pilots would have had to radio for further orders. It is unlikely that Reagan would have ordered the pilots to shoot, but that was, as the President put it, something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: The U.S. Sends a Message | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

...Terter Abhao, which translates into Kesh as Kills. When North Owl is nine, he reappears and spends the autumn and winter. The young girl watches his behavior toward the soldiers under his command. He tells her how to give them an order. She does so, and they instantly obey: "So I first felt the great energy of the power that originates in imbalance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: History of an Imagined World Always Coming Home | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

...School speech in front of 100, Flynn said that President Reagan's "New Federalism"--in which cities receive less financial support from the federal government but have fewer regulations to obey--is a "racial departure by the federal government from the cities...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: Boston Mayor Ray Flynn Raps Federal City Policy | 9/27/1985 | See Source »

...Africa, thus contributing to the apartheid government's economy and its trade balances? Thus far, I have heard no discussion of these questions. Without such discussion, I can only conclude that no coherent moral principle has been advanced, let alone a principle we are willing to apply consistently and obey in our own lives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bok Letter Sweeps South Africa Issue | 9/20/1985 | See Source »

...expertise on the Lebanese Shi'ites: "Berri may be well known and popular among Shi'ites, but if you ask, 'Does he have control?' the answer is no." If Berri were to order the unconditional release of the hostages, it is by no means certain that his followers would obey. And if they did, Berri's days in power, and perhaps even his life, might come to an early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Improbable Warlord | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

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