Word: either
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pronounced the same way in both cases, and yet the separate standards implicit in each make the comparison almost like that one would make between a fast boat and a fast friend. In a situation like a mixed eight, where men and women are not separate, but not equal either, what standard of "athletic" can apply to the team? Can a mixed eight ever work as a consistent unit, a sort of Sprite "limon" of rowing? Or can it only be understood as a fun Halloween horse costume, which is a unit through the strength of its cloth only...
Does classical music have to be performed in a concert hall? Chances are that virtually all the concerts one hears at Harvard and in Boston are given either in an imposing recital hall or, if at the University, in a lavish House common room. It may be that surroundings such as Symphony Hall, Sanders Theatre or a Quad living room impart a definite charm and sense of dignity to the music itself. But now, Boston University School of Music has come up with two series which forsake the usual for very different and provocative settings...
...seeing no difference. Similarly, 29% of those polled said the Democrats would run the government more efficiently, whereas only 22% said the Republicans would. Democrats were seen by a 30%-to-24% margin as more likely to "keep the economy prosperous." Voters did not express overwhelming confidence in either party to handle the tax issue, but those who did have a preference tended to cite their own party as being best on taxes. The Democratic edge stems from its larger share of the registered voters...
...Carter would likewise beat Reagan, as he would have earlier this year; but perhaps because of his whirlwind tour on behalf of Republicans, Reagan is closing the gap. Those voters who call the tax-cut issue critical in their choice of candidates are less likely to support Carter over either Republican...
Conrail inherited such a hodgepodge of worn-out equipment that even after $600 million in repairs, much of the rolling stock is still unreliable. At any moment, 12.4% of Conrail's 140,000 freight cars are either laid up for repairs or on the verge of breakdown...