Word: rule
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...sponsor, Virginia Democrat Harry Byrd Jr., hurriedly rewrote it on the Senate floor because even he was unable to explain what his original wording meant. Oregon's Democratic Senator Wayne Morse cunningly pasted a rider on the higher-education aid bill that, if passed, would grant home rule to the District of Columbia. In the midst of a conflagrant and confused debate over amendments to the antipoverty bill, Morse charged that "not 20 of you have read" the Senate committee's report on the bill's amendments. Most ob servers thought his figure was high...
...right of petition has been abridged on occasion, as in 1836 when the House of Representatives' "gag rule" cut off abolitionist demands. Fortunately, the right has survived all such challenges. If, however, the petition is to remain a meaningful force for "redress of grievances," it must be employed more sparingly-and as a precise, if impassioned, plea rather than as a manufactured publicity device...
...wants he usually gets. His allies include state legislators who depend on him for political favors and lobbyists and special interest groups who know he can get legislation through the two houses. He is recognized as a genuine source of power in a state where nonpartisanship has been the rule and patronage practically unknown...
Incredible Four. Costa e Silva will be elected this week and take office in March. But whether he can bring peace to the Brazilian family is another question. Opposition elements are already beginning to unite against any form of military rule, whether by Castello Branco or Costa e Silva. Even the deadliest of enemies are talking of joining forces in something called the Frente Ampla (Broad Front) to bring the soldiers down...
...encourage more extensive review of police and prosecutorial conduct, the task force is considering methods of shifting some of the decision and rule-making functions of the appellate courts to other agencies. Members of the task force also believe that time-tables and computers might be introduced to reduce excessive delays between arraignment and the termination of the cases following trial and appeal...