1.   It was that latter act that the FMC invoked to justify what would have amounted to a blockade of Japanese ships.

2.   It was that last act that the commission invoked to justify what would have amounted to a blockade of Japanese ships.

3.   This high-sounding shibboleth is usually invoked to justify an action enriching some segment of big business at the expense of workers, consumers or public health.

4.   Though they cite the Bible, the editors say other sources may be invoked to justify homosexuality.

5.   What belief system did they invoke to justify such deeds?