Word: upheld
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hoped-for seasonal improvement was missing, but at least partly to blame for this disappointment was March's wintry weather, which delayed the spring thaw in farming and construction. Pointing to the adverse weather, some Administration economists argued that the neither-white-nor-black unemployment figure really upheld the cautiously hopeful prediction broadcast by President Eisenhower last February. March, said the President, should see "the beginning of the end of the downturn...
...least 40 cases the Supreme Court has upheld the judiciary's summary criminal-contempt power; indeed, it has been sustained by every Supreme Court Justice since 1874 except William Woods (1880-87), James Byrnes (1941-42), and some of those presently sitting. And during last year's fight on civil-rights legislation, the Congress even overrode bitter Southern opposition to give the courts limited powers to enforce voting rights with the criminal-contempt weapon...
...PEOPLE, trumpeted a Herald editorial written by John Pennekamp. Ten months later Florida's Supreme Court not only upheld Brautigam but, in an unusual aside, commended his "courageous public service." The ruling came too late to help Brautigam. In a primary election held less than ten days after the Herald's blast, he was trounced by a little-known opponent. In his libel suit for $2,000,000 Brautigam charged that the Herald had "maliciously" undermined public confidence in his integrity...
...most unexpected comment came from Thomas E. Murray, former AECommissioner and now a consultant to Capitol Hill's Atomic Energy Committee. Back in 1954. when the AEC upheld the Gray board's findings by a vote of four to one, Murray not only voted with the majority but added an extra sting of his own by declaring that Oppenheimer's disregard for the security system made him, in a special sense, "disloyal." Last week Murray said that he saw "no objection" to a rehearing and "would not be at all displeased" if Robert Oppenheimer's security...
Contrary to many theologians, Miller upheld science as an integral part of Christianity, stating that science develops within the Christian gospel. Christians should understand that science is important, Miller noted, since it concerns data not affected by theology, but it cannot measure spiritual data...