Word: fails
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three options represented a reversal of the administration's former plan to fail students missing more than three classes during a faculty strike...
...even a casual observer cannot fail to recognize, the referendum question is aimed primarily at the Coalition for a Democratic University (CDU). Students who are opposed to the goals or tacties of the CDU should indicate their view at election time, but it would be dangerously amiss in voting for a blanket disapproval of political parties...
...week's end officials insisted that while the danger of a meltdown had not vanished, it was receding. Nevertheless, suspense as to the eventual outcome buttressed the claims of nuclear power's foes that all the wondrous fail-safe gadgets of modern technology had turned out to be just as fallible as the men who had designed and built them. Declared Nuclear Power Critic Ralph Nader: "This is the beginning of the end of nuclear power in this country...
...final precaution, the reactor and primary loop are shielded by a thick concrete containment dome, which should prevent the venting of any radioactivity into the atmosphere-as long as a meltdown does not occur and if there are no other mishaps or blunders. Obviously, at Three Mile Island, these fail-safe systems somehow failed...
...Senate's lame measure comes before the House this week. And there it could be in trouble. A potential majority, composed of Republicans and conservative Democrats, seems determined to enact legislation that would bring the Federal Government closer to balancing its budget. Even if they fail this time, the budget balancers are certain to keep trying...