Word: opinionated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...society was unrealistic, he asserted. Their leaders, Hartz said, men such as Edmund Burke and Benjamin Disraeli, pointed to the permanent character of social coercion and urged a return to the older conservative concepts. But, he continued, the ideals which the liberals had initiated were irradically set in public opinion...
...contracts. And also we must perfect a machinery for a settlement of international disputes-not occasionally but on a total basis-under a tribunal or system of tribunals which will command general confidence as to the fairness of their judgments and whose procedures will be supported by a public opinion which will not tolerate a departure from them. We must establish an era where nations as well as individuals are subject to justice under...
...than ten Cromwellians were hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross as regicides; they died well, too-so well that Author Williamson felt obliged to temper his story with an epilogue that concludes: "For posterity, the gibbet at Charing Cross towers above the scaffold at Whitehall and, in the opinion of some, dwarfs it a little...
...acknowledgment that the prices charged were in fact the lowest competitive market prices." The Justice Department would not say whether it will appeal the case, or even whether it will bring Jersey Standard and Socony to trial. But it may well be that Judge Murphy's strong opinion knocked the bottom out of the barrel...
...teachers as part-time workers, a ns-man crew to keep his park clean. When visitors complained of a 45-minute wait for a few top attractions, Disney spent more than $2,000,000 on new rides to spread out the crowds. Since then, he has conducted 55 public-opinion polls, each sampling 500 to 700 visitors to find out what people do or do not like. Biggest gripe: high prices, though 80% say they are coming back...