Word: breach
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dispute was taken before the state Supreme Court Wednesday by the Arboretum supporters, who are seeking to force Attorney General George Fingold to institute action against Harvard for alleged breach of trust. Since Harvard is a public, rather than private trustee of the Arboretum, any such action claiming breach of trust must be instituted by the Attorney General...
...sworn testimony veered far afield from what Robert G. Sproul, President of the University of California, and others had said about the contact system. Since the inception of the system, Sproul has repeatedly claimed that the activity of the contact man would be very limited and would represent no breach of academic freedom. In a letter to the American Civil Liberties Union, which had expressed disapproval of the new plan, Sproul wrote...
Such tricks as "qualifying" (i.e., running simply for experience), or a jockey failing to hustle on the slim chance that his mount might draw low weight in later handicaps, were part of honest horse racing long before Crevolin. But to horsemen it seemed like a breach of faith to talk about such matters in public. Crevolin's careless attempt to explain away a few defeats only strengthened the smart-money boys' suspicions that now and then the fix might be on, that every entry in a race is not always "well meant." At Del Mar, where Crevolin...
...threat to passenger safety. While its planes were grounded, American scrambled to find space on other airlines and trains for the 20,300 passengers it normally flies daily between 90 terminals on 385 flights. In Manhattan, American President C. R. Smith said that the strike was a clear breach of contract, and that he would sue for daily damages (about $500,000) if the pilots did not agree to arbitration. Meanwhile, United Air Lines and T.W.A., which have the same eight-hour time-limit trouble on their westbound nonstop flights, were anxiously plugging for a speedy settlement before the strike...
This involved a breach of a confidential relationship, since such blueprints . . . are released to industry sources and suppliers . . . on a confidential basis." G.M. Customer. The Wall Street Journal's President Bernard Kilgore was surprised but not distressed by G.M.'s embargo and ad withdrawal. Said he: "For years almost everything -in Detroit has been 'off the record.' We just decided not to play it that way. It isn't journalism." Kilgore agrees that there may be honest differences of opinion over what should and should not be printed, and that "our editors are perfectly willing...