Word: disobeying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...power to raise armies-which it does-it also has "power to say who shall serve in them and in what way . . . The constitutional guaranties of personal liberty are not always absolutes . . . [Dr. Warren violated the law] under his asserted philosophy that he had a right to disobey a Federal law which he believed to be detrimental to mankind. A person may not decide to himself whether a law is good or bad and if bad, that he is free to disobey...
...announce their findings. When McCabe's job (policing the air) was created 18 months ago, the crime of air pollution had been on the increase for seven years-ever since war orders made Los Angeles a small-parts arsenal. With near-dictatorial powers to shut down plants which disobey his smoke-curbing orders, McCabe has persuaded industry to appropriate $10 million for smog control...
...riders, he selects four to train for competition. Says he: "I tell my men what to do once. If they disobey me twice I tell them, 'You are very good friend but you are no good-go somewhere else.' " His men get up at 6 a.m. to start the day in the saddle; they also study the anatomy of the horse, the foreign riding styles (especially Italian, French and German), keep fit with fencing, basketball and swimming. But no matter how hard they try, the pupils never excel the teacher...
Dean Watson has definitely vetoed all proposals for a parade leading up to or away from the Mem Hall area. Disciplinary action may be invoked, he warned the executive board of the Peace Committee yesterday, if students disobey the order to disperse quietly after the meeting, which should end before one o'clock...
From General Lucius D. Clay, American occupation zone commander, came the mild reprimand: "It is bad citizenship to encourage people to disobey the law of the land." Niemöller's directive seemed to be having little practical effect. Germans were still testifying against Germans. The remaining denazification trials were expected to end next June. But many Germans were delighted with Pastor Niemöller's words, and in the arena of world opinion they still carried, for some listeners, immense authority. Was this authority justified...