Word: onwardness
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Harry Truman carried the trend onward with his seizure of the steel mills in April 1952. President Truman, Burnham notes, never cited any specific law for the seizure, claimed only-with precise democratist logic-that the President "represents the interest of all the people," and must "use his powers to safeguard the nation" when Congress fails to act (an argument rejected by the Supreme Court). The explanation reminds Burnham of the doctrine of Salus populi suprema lex esto (The people's welfare is the highest law), an excuse for tyranny under the Roman Caesars...
...bowed his head in defeat and shuffled onward. It took him all the way from the Square to Emerson to recover from his mortification. Outside room D, Vag took a deep breath and prepared to make an authoritative entrance into his Soc. Rel. class. But, all the way down the long aisle, Vag was acutely aware of the fact that his rubbers were being more authoritative than he was. He tried walking slowly, hoping to lull his rubbers into relative silence, but they were not so easily tricked. Vag fell into a seat in near panic. It was at least...
Down the concrete steps they dragged him, feet first, his head cracking again and again on the treads. Parker pleaded in vain: "I'll walk if you all don't drag me!" Blood trailed the figures as they stumbled onward, and a bloody handprint was slapped on the doorstep. The other prisoners ran to the window, saw the men fling their victim into a car, watched as the car and four or five other autos drove off. Parker's terror-choked voice was drowned by the chatter of youngsters leaving a dance down the street...
...London. After sleek limousines had played tag at speeds up to 80 m.p.h., Britain's Princess Margaret and France's Cinemorsel Brigitte (Girl in the Bikini) Bardot, halted briefly at a traffic light, stared curiously at each other through the cars' side windows. When they raced onward, the royal limousine took a commanding lead. Purred Sex Kitten Bardot, who first met the princess at a command film performance two years ago: "I don't know if she knew me, but she looked at me very hard...
Unfeazed by this, Thompson maintained that "because students want it" is a poor criterion for tolerating football. He added, "That criterion would justify anything from 'free love' onward...