Word: objected
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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There is hope for the hirsute, however. Evangelist Billy Graham, in New York City for a crusade at Shea Stadium, fingered his collar-length silver-blond curls and gave his blessing to the Age of Aquarius. "I don't object to long hair in any way," he insists. "I have nothing but love for those who wear it." Today Billy Graham, tomorrow the world...
...three fiscal years. As with his veto of a $19.7 billion education aid bill earlier this year, one reason was lack of federal funds. What Nixon wanted, but did not get from Congress, was a cutback to only $50 million in direct spending for hospital construction; he did not object to the loan provisions. The House quickly overrode Nixon's veto 279 to 98; the Senate may follow suit this week. It was the first time in ten years that either house of Congress has voted to override a presidential veto. In 1960, both houses passed a $750 million...
...flag abuse presents an immediate danger to public safety ?for example, it incites to riot?then, by Neuborne's reasoning, it represents a political statement. Says U.C.L.A. Professor Melville Nimmer: "When we have symbolic speech, and the only reason the authorities prohibit the speech is because they object to what is being said, then that is suppressing speech." In the early 1900s, some states enforced religious orthodoxy through blasphemy statutes under which a person was held criminally liable for showing indignity or irreverence toward God. In some ways the flag laws are a political analogue...
...role in the Middle East and the ominous intrusion of the Soviets, decided to test the prospect for a negotiated settlement. Last week Secretary of State William P. Rogers called a major press conference to announce that the U.S. "has undertaken a major political initiative, the object of which is to encourage the parties to stop shooting and start talking...
...widespreaod use of the "behavior modification" drugs is due mostly to the efforts of Dr. Byron B. Oberst, an Omaha pediatrician whose personal enthusiasm for the drugs led him to form a parent-teacher group called Skills, Technique, Academic Achievement and Remediation (STAAR) with the object of pushing their...