Word: fails
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crimes. Schreiber told recruiters to ask Marine hopefuls leading questions like, "You haven't smoked marijuana, have you?" Answers, of course, were negative. Some recruiters coach candidates in advance to ensure that they pass aptitude tests, or use bright stand-ins for those who seem sure to fail. Robinette said that one ringer in northern Ohio had taken the test for 15 candidates and was so proficient that he could deliver any score needed...
...personal" success and "personal" achievement in the Camp David talks? It was not his spiritual faculties but the immense economic and military power of the U.S. that enabled the President to put pressure on Israel and Egypt and bring about some promising results. The summit was destined not to fail: What would Israel be without U.S. support...
...empty shelves will be filled with books. All that's left for Harvard to do is sing the praises of Engelhard's family at next week's dedication ceremony and to fasten the sign on the wall of the library that will make it hard for anyone to fail to recognize, however unconciously, the charity of Charles Engelhard...
...shotgun marriage between Government and business, in Bryom's view. Instead of telling companies how to combat pollution or industrial accidents, the Government should set short-term and long-term goals then use a tax system to reward companies that exceed them and penalize firms that "fail. Exasperated by the managers and regulgators who think that they can make sweeping decisions from a distant pinnacle he likes to say, "Santayana defined fanatics as those people who know what they are doing is what God would be doing if he only had all the facts...
...Greats fail to win Nobels...