Word: alterable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week the President seemed to alter his position slightly. He told a press conference that he saw no justification for assisting New York and had not yet heard of any bailout plan that would "justify approval by myself." But he did not say flatly that he would veto any bill passed by Congress. The President hedged: "I just am very reluctant to say anything other than no until I see the fine print...
...Canadians, however, refused to be intimidated. With three minutes remaining, Harvard bobbled a kickoff and McGill scampered in for the score. Several last-ditch efforts by Sherman and Demattel could not alter the outcome with McGill edging the Crimson...
...what other steps are needed remains a subject of sharp debate. Quad House residents oppose moves to alter the class balance or sex ratio at their Houses or to move out all upperclassmen. Many in the University also oppose the radical 1-1-2 plan, which would dissolve the Quad House and alter the class makeup of the River Houses...
...THAT WAS how matters stood for many years. Oh, there was an embellishment here, an adornment there, and not all of these were without significance. There was the addition of gates to the increasingly abstract network of features: various targets or spinners might alter the topography of a machine by opening or closing a gate. There was a short-lived trend toward multiball games, with certain holes shooting a second or third ball into play while the first was still active. But these were no better than tail fins on a design moving steadily toward obsolescence. Until Bally created Wizard...
Rosovsky said he discovered this year's conflict about a month before registration, which he said was too late to alter the schedule. Instead, he said, he directed the freshman dean's office to send a letter to all new students telling them that those registering one day late because of Yom Kippur would not be harmed...