Word: upholding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sudden sabre-rattling stance of the Students for a Democratic Society in protesting "British inaction to uphold democracy" is an astounding feat of double-think. Can anything be more rash, ill-considered, and detrimental to the cause of peace? The SDS admittedly does not profess to be a pacifist group. Nonetheless, the demand for immediate recourse to military action is hardly the initial response to be expected of a body whose origins lie in the sense of moral outrage at the holocaust in Southeast Asia. Surely the SDS is not merely attempting to counter-act the imputation of cowardice...
Tears welled up in the eyes of Australia's Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, 71. Said he: "I will do my best to uphold the finest traditions of this post." Named by Queen Elizabeth II to succeed the late Sir Winston Churchill as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, the ancient association of maritime towns on the southeast coast of England, Sir Robert may now receive 19-gun salutes at sea, as well as claim any wrecks and "fishes royal"-whales and the like-found around his new bailiwick. He may also sport the gold-encrusted admiral...
...Harvard Debating Team will uphold the affirmative position on the resolve that "the education of women is a fruitless pursuit," against Columbia at 8 p.m. in the Kirkland House Junior Common Room...
...officialdom learn to uphold the law rather than abuse it. An innocent man in prison is no deterrent to the commission of crimes...
...disqualified himself for Neal's forthcoming nonjury trial, argues that, nonetheless, Neal has no right to predict future court actions. "If, in fact, I had sent a little old lady to jail for driving too slow, he could editorialize till Christmas comes, and I'd uphold his rights. I'd back him forever, 1,000%. But the point is, slurring the court as to what it will do is crystal-balling which creates disrespect for law and order...