Word: sit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Truman] not as a public official but as a private citizen . . . Had Mr. Truman made such a charge against me at the time of my relief, or even later during his tenure of office, I would have had the right and privilege to ask that a Court of Inquiry sit in judicial judgment upon his allegations. But he made no such charge, confining himself instead to administrative reasons for my replacement by an officer of his selection-a decision which . . . left me with no remedy, either in law or tradition...
...biggest concession is in the way G.M. will handle future franchise cancellations. The company is replacing the Dealer Relations Board, composed of top G.M. executives, which was set up in 1938. In its place will sit "an impartial umpire," probably designated by the corporation and the Dealer Council, to hear any dealer whose contract has been cancelled by a G.M. division. The company is also revising its standards for dealer sales performance, will give more weight to special problems in each dealer's territory. Beyond that, G.M. will increase the price discount given dealers on leftover stocks of cars...
Howard said he was disturbed by Northern complacency and especially "these people who sit in segregated churches feeling virtuous." People like Mississippi's Senator Eastland are as subversive as any communist and should be treated as severely, he stated...
...great leaders sit idly by and preach a gospel of gradualism while the South is torn by violence," Howard said. It was the federal government's refusal to enforce desegregation that allowed violence to start at the University of Alabama, he asserted, "and unless prompt action is taken, such violence will spread...
Under his plan, the clubs would sit down at a "giant bargaining table" to establish non-competitive production schedules, and to pool capital and technical resources such as scenery and properties...