Word: failed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...freshmen are required to pass two quantitative tests in their first year. They must take a multiple choice data exam, and must also write a simple, 10-line computer program. Those who fail to pass these must enroll in a relevant course, petition the Administrative Board to return during freshman week their sophomore year for another chance, or face disciplinary action...
...speech in Los Angeles on March 31 defending his arms-control policies, Reagan warned that proponents of the freeze will bear a heavy responsibility if the superpowers fail to achieve an arms-control agreement...
...know that he might be around for another term and that he might yet succeed in mustering political support for much of his rearmament program-especially if he adopts an approach to arms control that is seen as designed to succeed rather than suspected of being guaranteed to fail. He does have some bargaining power, in the MX and cruise missile programs particularly. It is a question of whether he is prepared to use it realistically...
...result, the Soviet Union was at a distinct and permanent advantage. Its bargaining chips, the SS-20s, were already on the table, and its ability to play them was not subject to the veto of nervous allies. Even if the Soviets fail in their first objective, which is stopping deployment altogether, the episode will be likely to leave the alliance internally traumatized and all the more susceptible to divisive Soviet tactics in the future...
...world--tried to bring to the French people the order, place and nationality that history and circumstance had not. These days, though, such certainty is far off. In distinguishing the French fact from the myth, historians not only fear generalizations--the mark of any good culture-watcher--but fail to draw any conclusions whatsoever...