Word: fails
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...present law, Orthodox women are exempt from military service only if they can pass an oral examination on their religious beliefs conducted by a board that includes an army rabbi and a representative of the general staff manpower department. Rabbis objected to this system because some genuinely religious girls fail the exam simply because they are none too bright...
After the second hour exam they "drop out like bees," Holmberg said. "After you fail two there's not much point in going on," he added...
...front door, as is suspected currently. Maybe Dave Cowens and/or JoJo White will follow Red out the front door, as is also suspected, currently. Maybe then, the Boston fans will scorn the new ownership and Brown's dreams will go up in smoke. Maybe San Diego will again fail to support the new team and this whole affair will be one large, sad joke...
More and more companies are preparing for the chance that their precautions may fail by buying K and R (for kidnaping and ransom) insurance policies sold by Lloyd's of London and some oth er companies, including several U.S. firms. Insurance officials do not speak much about this business, fearing that more countries will follow Italy in banning K and R policies on the ground that they encourage kidnapings. But some brokers say that sales of such policies on the London insurance market alone have more than doubled in the past two years, with as much...
Only six new essays are included in this collection of vintage Kerr, and they are very much of a mellow piece with her earlier work. A few things have changed. Her children have grown up, so she discusses the many ways in which they fail as visitors: "Your A-l house guest does not usually bring along his dirty laundry." She has more time on her hands, so she has been able to acquire and then kick an addiction to TV soap operas: "In my experience, the only thing you can quit cold turkey is cold turkey." She notes...