Word: exception
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...past has blamed part of his troubles on "careless, erroneous or biased reporting" by the press. But he and the banks signed a consent decree, promising not to commit these kinds of questionable acts in the future. The decree bars Lance from ever again bouncing a check except in an "isolated and inadvertent" case. In addition, Lance agreed to give the Government 60 days advance notice before again assuming control of a bank...
...Keeping the sea lanes open. Unlike the Soviet Union, which borders on nearly every one of its client states, the U.S. is separated by oceans from all its NATO allies except Canada. The Atlantic Alliance's ability to repel a Soviet invasion depends on reinforcements and supplies arriving from the U.S. after the fighting starts. Since airlifts can transport only a tiny fraction of this, the bulk of the critically important resupply could be sunk by Soviet submarines, land-based aircraft and surface vessels. To prevent this, contend Navy officers, U.S. warships, armed with antisubmarine and antimissile weapons, must escort...
...spent the past 20 years at 60 Boylston, except for a one-year visit to New Jersey...
...political one. In this light, Figaro would have to stress the inequality of the friendship between man and master, as seen in Count Almaviva's failure to return Figaro's help in the second half of the play. That argument, however, would have little evidence to support it except the final chorus, which includes lines like, "But hear the thunder from the left, denouncing property as theft," and is sung to the tun of the British Labour Party's song ("The People's Flag is Deepest Red"). While there are other lines in the play that hint at a political...
Life went on as usual last week in the Square except for some traffic tie-ups caused by the marches, but the events of last week raised the distinct possibility that this image may soon recur as more than just a memory...