Word: uphold
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ACLU report urges that student discipline be enforced by a student-faculty committee which would also establish the regulations of conduct which it will subsequently uphold. Once again, the report demands specific and clearly formulated rules, inveighing against "such general criteria as 'conduct unbecoming a student' or 'against the best interests of an institution' which allow for wide latitude of interpretation and hence confusion...
Thus Wagner has reinforced his record as a liberal, while Javits has cast doubts upon his own ability to uphold liberalism against pressure from Republican voters and party officials...
...Democratic concept of a leader who denounces, pressures, and coerces actually discourages co-operation and violates the basic principle of democracy, Braucher believes. "The Republicans, on the other hand," he continued, "uphold the fundamental rule of a democracy, that the governed can best determine for themselves what they need...
...John Foster Dulles, arriving at the last moment, moved coldly past Shepilov to shake the hand of France's moon-faced Christian Pineau. For the instigators of the session, Great Britain and France, Britain's Selwyn Lloyd leaned forward and put the issue: "We are determined to uphold our rights, rights properly secured and guaranteed, to free transit through this international waterway." It was an almost typical beginning for a debate on the world's most serious grievances. But it quickly became clear that the desire of most, if not all, was to get done with...
...Jordan be blamed for provoking the latest outbreak of killing in Palestine. The Jordanian machine-gun fire that killed four and wounded 17 Israeli archaeologists was organized and deliberate, the Israelis insisted. Having thoroughly reviewed the evidence. Chairman Christian Fredrik Moe of Norway differed and indicated that he would uphold Jordan's version-the shots were fired by one soldier who went berserk. At Moe's words, the Israeli delegation stamped out in a cold rage...