Word: willfullness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The willful, half-barbaric King yearns to improve himself and his backward country-but without once relaxing his regal prerogatives. Nor does he wish to accept too much help from someone who is not only a foreigner but also a lowly woman. To hold and secure her job, Anna has...
The Simple Life. Although Jimmy Byrnes told France that she could have an Export-Import Bank loan, the Senate had debated for three weeks the British loan which the Administration considered the keystone of its credit program. Did the Senate's mood (sometimes willful and irresponsible) mirror the nation...
The 64th Article of The Articles of War which "shall at all times and in all places govern the Armies of the United States" forbids willful disobedience to a lawful command of a superior officer.
¶ Punishment by loss of seniority for willful absenteeism.
But by last week the U.S. political climate had undergone a change. Republicans in Washington were looking up. One G.O.P. Senator, assaying the future of his party, went so far as to crow: "It isn't just that the Truman honeymoon is over; he's already in the...