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...rumpling his hair, he lectured in a gentle voice, pausing awkwardly now & then to glance at his crumpled fistful of notes, or to gaze distractedly out of the window. But however labored his delivery, his message took hold. Philosophy, he declared, could not lean on eternal verities, nor summon up answers, for there are no ultimate answers to be summoned. "The moment philosophy supposes it can find a final and comprehensive solution," said he, "it ceases to be inquiry and becomes either apologetics or propaganda...
...formal order last week, the government forbade Sachs to hold any public meetings. His reply was to summon his unionists to a fiery protest meeting outside the Johannesburg City Hall. Twelve thousand turned up, bearing banners: "Solly helped us, now let us help him." According to the police, they also brought a car loaded with empty bottles. Soon after Sachs began to speak, police charged forward, armed with revolvers and truncheons. While screaming women battered them with sticks, bottles, and legs torn off tables and chairs, the police dragged Sachs inside the City Hall, barricaded the main door, and then...
...allies want to preserve occupation laws which prohibit a revival of cartels; the Germans consider this an unacceptable limitation on their sovereignty. Compromise: occupation laws will prevail until the West Germans pass their own decartelization laws. If the Germans start fudging, the allies can summon a five-member international board whose decisions will be binding...
Wood's conferences with his department heads seldom last more than five minutes and Wood often ends them abruptly by standing up. From his memory he can summon facts & figures on Sears' operation 20 years ago, and he expects his subordinates to do the same. His opinions are strong, but they can be changed if enough facts are marshaled against him. "To get along with the general," says one lieutenant, "you don't have to be supine. He doesn't like that. But it helps to be flexible." He is brisk but not brusque. Once...
...calls a party leader to form a government, but the person she designates must command a majority in the House of Commons. (George III was the last monarch to summon and dismiss ministries at will.) Elizabeth's power to grant or refuse a dissolution of Parliament is real enough, but she would use it independently only in extraordinary circumstances-e.g., if death or strife hopelessly entangled the wheels of party government...