Word: attaining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...know that others have cheated but have not turned them in. For all found guilty, there is only one punishment: quick and automatic dismissal from the academy. Times may change and values fade, but West Point continues to rely on its uncompromising code, no matter how impossible to attain it may seem to the rest of society...
...than it did in the 1960s. Fox's $12 million Lucky Lady, starring Liza Minnelli, has been an utter flop that contributed heavily to the studio's first-quarter loss of $1.6 million. But moviemaking costs have risen so rapidly that it is just about impossible to attain special-event quality without a huge budget. Special effects like those in The Poseidon Adventure or Earthquake are frightfully expensive to film. Such "bankable" stars as Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand can easily command $1 million a picture; top-name directors like Hal Ashby (Shampoo) can earn...
...late this year essentially because the association and the owners could not agree on what form the new clause would take. Kuhn eventually ordered the owners to open up their camps, but there is still no agreement. Whatever new contract is worked out, players hereafter will be able to attain independence after a given number of years in the game. In a rare burst of candor, Kuhn says of the old reserve clause: "Modifications were overdue...
...Japanese prisoner of war, caught on Bataan during the defense of the Philippines. I feel that for the most part collaboration stems from a desire to attain reward from the captors rather than from fear of punishment. I do not believe that people can be "brainwashed" against their will...
Organized into a club, the 32 soccer players receive no financial support from the Athletic Department. But by the fall they hope to reach varsity status or at least to attain an intermediate ranking that would bring some University money...