Word: obeys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...legal process with the support of a majority of the American people as measured by several opinion polls. It thus got every support which society, as a whole, could give it. Of course, this law, like every law, hurts someone. But if every hurt individual refuses to obey a law, and succeeds, then there will be no law. Society will be unable to order itself for the common good: the only goods people will have will be hose they can get for themselves...
...years as headmaster McCrum nudged ten of Eton's 25 independent houses into giving up fagging voluntarily. But the rest refused. Among pupils and old boys, fagging remains popular. Indeed, ex-fags point to benefits from fagging. "You learn how to command by learning how to obey," says one Old Etonian. Beyond that, a good senior, or "fag master," helps new boys find their way around the complex campus and sometimes becomes a lifelong friend. Recalls Sir John Hogg, 62, chairman of the Old Etonian Association: "I had an extraordinarily good fellow as one of my fag masters...
...PEOPLE HAS COME. At the modernistic executive mansion where Tolbert had died, security was minimal. A lone trooper stood watch at the gate, while a mere handful of armed soldiers milled around inside. At the seaside Ducor Inter-Continental Hotel, a sign in the lobby admonished guests to obey the dusk-to-dawn curfew. Its message: STAY OFF THE STREETS AND STAY ALIVE...
...Carter's approval, moved to restore $500 million in aid to hard-pressed cities and lost by the narrowest conceivable margin: a 12-to-12 tie. The Republicans voted for the final resolution, which goes to the full House this week, but six liberal Democrats voted no. David Obey of Wisconsin promised to offer a liberal substitute for the Giaimo budget in House floor debate, and Carter, seeming to waver on his own budget-cutting resolve, vowed to back more aid to cities...
...says Giaimo, no Congressman or Senator wants to run for re-election as a proponent of a deficit budget. But veteran observers believe the quarrel over just which programs to cut could rival in bitterness the three-year battle over Carter's energy program. Says Democratic Representative David Obey of Wisconsin: "Everybody wants to cut Ol' Charlie's program. And nobody wants...