Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this I reflect the steadfast purpose of the President and the wholehearted support of the Secretary of State and the Attorney General," wrote the Vice President of the U.S., "that the time has now come to take the initiative in the direction of establishment of the world rule...
...Nixon's declaration, penned as he drafted a speech for delivery this week to the American Academy of Political and Social Science, was a momentous one: in its simplest terms it meant that the U.S. was prepared to use the full weight of its prestige toward establishing the rule of law among nations to achieve world peace...
Burns is running for the Student Council on a Socialist ticket with full support of the Social Progressive Party. The Student Council rules prohibit any student running with the backing of an organization. "I expect to be disqualified by this rule," he added. "We are making a test case out of it, as we feel it is unfair that only independents are allowed to run," he explained...
When the umpire disallowed this, Meeham rushed to the scene to claim the ball was fair afer all. He soon shifted his ground to the stronger plea that the infield fly rule should be in force and the batter ruled automatically out. The umpire's apparent answer to this was, first of all, that he hadn't invoked the infield fly rule, which is left to his descretion, and secondly, that the rule didn't apply because the ball had bounced foul...
Meeham finally retired, thumbing through his rule book, and Boulris went on to line a scoring single to left. Right fielder Mo Balboni followed suit with a shot to center, sending home the fourth run of the inning. The earlier tallies came on a single by captain John Davis and a throwing error on Charlie Ravenel's grounder, after Mouse Kasarjian had walked and George Harrington had popped a bunt single over the charging second baseman's head...