Word: failed
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...laws with the help of God." He had searched his conscience, the President said, and "my conscience tells me clearly and certainly that I cannot prolong the bad dreams." Contemplating his own appearance before the bar of divine justice, he declared: "I ... will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy...
...whether or not there is any basis for the allegations. If the commission finds that there is such a basis, it would then act as a conciliator in negotiations between Harvard and NOW to reach an agreement on ending discrimination, including the possible assessment of back pay. Should negotiations fail, the EEOC may go to court to force compliance with...
...changing the balance of males versus females at Harvard," von Stade said. "Quite simply, I do not see highly educated women making startling strides in contributing to our society in the foreseeable future. They are not, in my opinion, going to stop getting married and/or having children. They will fail in their present role as women if they...
...Horner's psychological data seem much more strongly to confirm the hypothesis not that women are afraid to succeed, but that they are afraid to fail. And this alternative theory is borne out by the melange of statistics published in recent years by the OGCP and the Office of Women's Education--an office established by Horner and under her ultimate jurisdiction--concerning the career goals of women undergraduates. These figures suggest women are no less anxious about "making it" in their chosen fields than are their male counterparts...
Businesses fail every day, but seldom with so reverberating a crash as the one that has just accompanied the collapse of Court Line, Britain's second largest travel firm. Some 49,000 British tourists, mostly members of the working class, were stranded throughout Europe, the Soviet Union and North Africa. Another 100,000 had to stay home; they lost not only their holidays but perhaps $15 million which had been prepaid, often with life savings. "We've slaved, actually slaved, for a whole year, cutting down on everything from milk to the pictures," sobbed one London schoolteacher...