The Foreign Service Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on International Operations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Civil Service of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session on H.R. 4674

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Page 401 - I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for not without dust and heat.
Page 314 - It is not then a contract within the meaning of the clause of the constitution which prohibits the impairing the obligation of contracts. It is rather a social relation like that of parent and child, the obligations of which arise not from the consent of concurring minds, but are the .creation of the law itself, a relation the most important, as affecting the.
Page 326 - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands.
Page 187 - State, representing or arranging appropriate representation for nationals of the sending State before the tribunals and other authorities of the receiving State, for the purpose of obtaining, in accordance with the laws and regulations of the receiving State...
Page 218 - The Secretary shall, in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe, establish compensation plans for alien employees of the Service: Provided, That such compensation plans shall be based upon prevailing wage rates and compensation practices for corresponding types of positions in the locality, to the extent consistent with the public interest.
Page 187 - State; (k) exercising rights of supervision and inspection provided for in the laws and regulations of the sending State in respect of vessels having the nationality of the sending State, and of aircraft registered in that State, and in respect of their crews...
Page 101 - Code, is amended by— (1) striking out the word "and" at the end of paragraph (8) ; (2) striking out the period at the end of paragraph (9) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word...
Page 629 - All employees and applicants for employment should receive fair and equitable treatment in all aspects of personnel management without regard to political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or handicapping condition, and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights.
Page 185 - ... within the limits of his legation, consulate, or commercial agency, to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition, and to perform any notarial act which any notary public Is required or authorized by law to do within the United States.
Page 182 - ... thereto is the person he represents himself to be, that he is a credible person, and that the statements made under such oath or affirmation are true ; and he shall, thereupon, by his certificate, state that he was so satisfied...

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