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...back on force, the U.S. supported Egypt against longstanding allies. "There can be no peace without law," said President Eisenhower. "And there could be no law if we were to invoke one code of international conduct for those who oppose us and another for our friends." Thus was international sanction given to one of the principles that the U.S. regards as a basic, unalienable right: equality before...
...Student Council is not a legislative body," the report asserted, adding that "it has no sanction to order anyone to do anything." Effective channeling of student opinion was termed an "acknowledged need...
...Army was not satisfied merely with building intermediate-range missiles; it also wanted sanction to use them operationally. To get that sanction, Army Pentagonians deemed it necessary to knock down Air Force doctrine that claimed exclusive operational rights to all but battlefield missiles. In May 1956, they began handing out scalding anti-Air Force docu ments to favored reporters. The Air Force replied with its own propaganda bombs, and the interservice brawl finally forced Defense Secretary Charles Wilson to redefine service roles and missions in the light of advancing missile technology. The war, begun by the Army, nearly ruined...
Exhibiting their persistent disregard of perennial protests by Britain's League Against Cruel Sports, Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Mother Elizabeth journeyed to Westacre, by their presence lent royal sanction to a meet of the West Norfolk Foxhounds. With them, and showing an avid interest in the hill-and-daling of the baying pack, were Princess Anne, in corduroy slacks and polo coat, and Prince Charles...
...damnable doctrine-responsible for a large measure of this world's hatred. According to this doctrine, God, who commands us to love our enemies, plays the hypocrite by damning his enemies. This in turn stimulates the hatred of God by people who abhor hypocrisy-and it gives sanction to our hatred of certain selected enemies...