Word: barred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...court will not reach the ultimate issue presented by the case. It's a terrible case for a definitive ruling, partially because the real parties at interest are not at the bar...
Howard Cosell does go on, and the football fan who wants to watch ABC's Monday night telecasts has no recourse but to bear the polysyllabic palaver. There is no way to strike back-unless you happen to be at the Sweetwater singles bar in Denver. Every Monday night a drawing is held. The winner is given a brick and the right to use it to demolish a used TV bought for the occasion each week. The winner can take aim at any of the ABC announcers, but, says Manager Gerry Brown, "most pick Cosell." Business at the Sweetwater...
Neither team dominated during the remainder of the first half as the ball moved regularly from end to end. The initial 45 minutes finished in typical fashion with Elliot hitting the left post for Brown and Gerard Hall lifting a shot over the cross bar for Harvard, all within the last minute of play...
...MANDATORY retirement legislation currently winding its easy way through Congress involves far more difficult questions than one would expect, judging by the overwhelming bi-partisan support the bill has received in both Houses. In an ideal society, age would be no bar to the continued employment of individuals who find fulfillment in their work. But while raising the age at which employers may force their workers to retire constitutes an admirable, long-range goal for American society, such a move, if unaccompanied by major economic reforms, could have many adverse social effects...
...person's death. But you understand, I'm not emotionally involved; I was not a particular supporter of Mr. Biko. I knew who he was, of course, and the record of his organization. But, personally, I didn't know the late Mr. Biko from a bar of soap. I think that [police] judgment may have been at fault. With a big administration, it is quite impossible for my office to control every single aspect [of operation], but that doesn't lessen my responsibility. There is a human element which no one in the world can really...