Word: upholding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Obviously, one cannot prevent misguided displays of enthusiasms, since in our society, truth cannot always be the arbiter of public taste. This must be accepted as one of democracy's drawbacks. However, at last count we considered ourselves among the more discriminating people on earth. With this standard to uphold I simply wish to inject a whisp of truth into the bloated reputation this man has acquired...
Rosovsky and the Academic Council decided, however, to uphold the rule, Peter S. McKinney, acting dean of the GSAS, said last week in a letter to the five departments...
Though McLaughlin and Danehy protest that they uphold the Open Meeting Law to the point of avoiding even social contact outside the courthouse, Ralph's suit accuses them of holding private business meetings before rubber-stamping their decisions in public. The minutes of the public sessions show that on seven occasions since McLaughlin joined the board, Ralph has arrived on time and waited as long as an hour for a second member to appear, before adjourning the meeting for lack of a quorum. In every instance, the other commissioners arrived soon after Ralph's own adjournment and held their...
...member panel of freshmen that must decide whether to uphold the boycott made no final decision when it met Thursday, but it did stake out clear boundaries for future action...
...brief, straightforward speech-and then came the surprise: parliamentary elections, she declared dramatically, would be held in March. "Let us go to the polls," she continued, "with the resolve to reaffirm the power of the people and to uphold the fair name of India as a land committed to the path of reconciliation, peace and progress...