Word: uphold
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Flamboyant, brusque, rude and arbitrary, as well as quick, capable and intelligent, Menon has long antagonized the West-and a great many of his own countrymen. As he flew to New York last week to uphold India's case at the U.N., he ran true to form. Asked during a London stopover if Mahatma Gandhi would have approved of the Goan invasion, Menon snapped: "Well, he's not here, is he?" A possible clash between Menon and the U.S.'s Adlai Stevenson from the rostrum of the General Assembly was avoided when...
...appointment as Powell's executive assistant. A shy, soft-spoken man who blushes easily, Roman Catholic Murphy was named deputy attorney general last January, became attorney general only last month, when Incumbent Gardner Turner resigned because of illness. Preparing to move on to the Senate, Murphy promised to uphold the conservative doctrine preached there by Styles Bridges. He would also serve as the protégé of Wesley Powell, who was plainly assuming political primacy in the state that Bridges had dominated for nearly 30 years...
...five commissioners uphold Piper, they will place another U.S. Government agency at odds with Attorney General Bobby Kennedy's trustbusters-who have already had similar skirmishes with the Treasury Department on the issue of bank mergers (TIME, Sept. 8 et seq.). But if past performance is any guide, the trustbusters will probably press ahead with their case, undeterred by the disagreement of fellow bureaucrats...
...Turkey for the past 17 months. Its members are no longer active soldiers; nonetheless, for the confrontation with the military, they donned their old uniforms and strapped on side arms. The military's conditions: in addition to accepting Gursel as President, the new coalition government must guarantee to uphold changes made since the overthrow of Adnan Menderes, including the dismissal of some 7,000 officers thrown out because of alleged ties with the Menderes regime...
...Impoundment of quack remedies offered through the mails. Postmaster General J. Edward Day said he was planning to use this attack on a medical fraud when he is confident his case is so strong that the courts will uphold...