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...military, the rules are different. Subordinates are duty-bound to obey the orders of their superiors. If a superior issues an order that, say, Blacks and whites will henceforth serve in the same units, soldiers have no choice but to obey. Because of the inherent authoritarian nature of the military, the government can promote social reform in a way that is simply impossible in other arenas...
Without specifically mentioning any East bloc country, he said Moscow would henceforth relate to its Warsaw Pact allies on the basis of "sovereign equality, the impermissibility of any kind of intervention and the recognition that each country has the right to absolute freedom of choice...
...good ole boys don't so much drive pickup trucks as aim them. And they don't cotton to being thought of as sissies. Somehow, the state highway commission failed to take that into account when it announced that the license plates on Texas' 13.5 million vehicles would henceforth carry not only a border of -- ugh! -- baby blue but also a limp slogan, THE FRIENDSHIP STATE...
According to church law, only the diocesan bishop can authorize a new parish or decide where priests work. In a toughly worded response to Stallings' challenge two weeks ago, Hickey threatened to notify all U.S. bishops that the renegade priest was no longer in good standing and should henceforth be forbidden to speak at any Catholic institution in the U.S. Stallings is unapologetic. "I have been caught up in the spirit of destiny," says the rebel priest. "I know I am breaking canon law. But to stir up the conscience of a nation, I'll do it. When laws control...
Last week the Department of Energy, which owns Rocky Flats, announced that state environmental officials would henceforth be allowed to inspect its plants and that if any safety violations were uncovered, the operators would be fired. In addition, state safety teams will conduct surprise aerial surveillances. Health and safety, says DOE Deputy Secretary Henson Moore, are ! "the first priority in the operation of any of our facilities...