Word: absent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Senior faculty members in European history this week disagreed sharply with Handlin. "Some members of the department--certainly at least a half-dozen--expressed surprise and indignation at what emerged at that faculty meeting," one senior Europeanist said. "And that does not take account of the people that, though absent from the meeting, expressed similar sentiments later...
...caretaker government, he was bound by law to stay on until a new government is formed after the May 17 elections. Sensitive to the situation, Attorney General Aharon Barak suggested a loophole in the law that would allow a caretaker to step down if the Premier were "absent from the country or temporarily unable to fulfill his duty." Rabin at first refused to take advantage of this option, which fueled rumors that he might be planning a political comeback. At week's end, however, Rabin indicated that he would take an extended vacation. This cleared the way for Shimon...
Another poem commented on the unpopularity of America's involvement in Southeast Asia by invoking the image of Kilroy, a fictitious mascot of American forces whose name appeared as scrawled graffitti throughout Europe and Korea but who became conspicuous by his absence from Vietnam. "Kilroy is absent without leave from Vietnam," McCarthy read, and the impact of the poem's message moved the audience to applause...
SICK PAY loses its role as "the workingman's tax shelter." Previously, a worker owed no tax on as much as $100 a week-$5,200 a year-of money that he received while he was absent from the job because of injury or illness. Now, such pay is taxed as heavily as the income a worker earns when he is healthy. The only exception is payments to people under 65 who are totally and permanently disabled-and in some cases even they may not qualify. Making matters worse, many employers did not withhold tax from paychecks mailed...
...apparent that, until recently, human sexual pluralism has remained absent from our history texts. The achievements of women, black people and other groups have remained obscure through a similar process of selective attention. The manipulation of facts in order to fit preconceived stereotypes (categorical prejudgment) is described by Gordon Allport in his study of prejudice. The very term homosexual often elicits negative feelings (or perhaps nervous giggles) among otherwise sophisticated people...