Word: countermand
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Viet Nam War. Since soldiers are so often accorded the benefit of the doubt, why is the same courtesy so infrequently extended to war resisters? Why do so many of us look upon them with contempt and suspicion, denouncing them for their adamant refusal to obey edicts that countermand what should be the most binding of all edicts: the Sixth Commandment...
...Choice." In a five-paragraph letter of resignation, Richardson cited his pledge to the Senate, given at his confirmation hearings last May, that he would "not countermand or interfere with the special prosecutor's decisions or actions." He added: "I trust that you understand that I could not in the light of these firm and repeated commitments carry out your direction . . . In the circumstances, therefore, I felt that I have no choice but to resign." Nixon accepted with a one-sentence note: "It is with the deepest regret and with an understanding of the circumstances which brought...
Under Congressional pressure, Richardson released an eight-point charter for the special prosecutor yesterday which states that the attorney general will not "countermand or interfere with the special prosecutor's decisions or action." The charter also specifies that the prosecutor would not be removed from his post "except for extraordinary improprieties on his part...
After so much publicity. Schmidt was apparently not willing to countermand his concessions directly. Nonetheless, long-haired soldiers last week were reluctantly snipping off their locks in response to yet another Defense Ministry order. On the hygienic pretext that excessive hair length could lead to parasites or skin diseases. Schmidt ruled that henceforth no soldier's hair could reach below his collar...
...exposure of a blood bath at Mass Hall is to negotiate a settlement. However, Bok has absolutely nothing with which to negotiate. As the University's chief administrative officer, he is vested with all the powers and privileges appertaining to that office," but is not empowered to countermand the directives of the Governing Boards at whose pleasure he serves...