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Word: failed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even though the famous names are as familiar to the reader as grocery lists, the pieces fail to capture the spark that brought fame to the subject. They are meandering and not especially compelling...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Trash | 9/27/1977 | See Source »

...private collection agency, which will receive a percentage of any money it manages to collect. Debtors are to receive a final warning letter in October; if they do not begin repaying according to the contracted schedule, the agency will be called in. Should even the collection agency fail to recover the money, the Government warns, the delinquent accounts will be turned over to the U.S. Attorney General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Go Now, Don't Pay Later | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

...said some changes may occur as a result of the responses, citing the pass-fail option as an example of a change initiated by student opinion...

Author: By Deidre M. Sullivan, | Title: Fox, Bowersock Prepare Reply To Student Letters | 9/22/1977 | See Source »

...proportions," says James Wieghart, Washington bureau chief and columnist for the New York Daily News. Columnist George Will theorized that Washington reporters are feeling guilty about having destroyed mostly Republicans lately, and that Lance presents "the first opportunity for the press to demonstrate that it also cares when Democrats fail to measure up." A few editors have observed that in the absence of any other compelling news out of somnolent Washington, Lance was receiving more than his share of attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Turning the Bird Dogs Loose | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

Harvard students who fail to repay their government-insured loans on time after graduation will face a stricter University policy, and possibly a private collection agency, under new federal regulations in effect this fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.S. Tightens Student Loan Regulations | 9/14/1977 | See Source »

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