Word: fails
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wigglesworth, because it faces Mass Ave., is probably "the most victimized dorm," Kahn said. Pointing out open doors in a Wigglesworth entry, Kahn said that Wigglesworth residents still fail to lock their doors despite warnings from police...
...conservative economists, the Viet Nam experience proves that guidelines are certain to fail. Banker Beryl Sprinkel, a member of TIME'S Board of Economists, believes that guidelines distort the normal give-and-take functioning of the economy and may actually contribute to inflation by encouraging unions and companies to push wages and prices up to the guideline limits. Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman has been more caustic: "Guideposts and pleas for voluntary compliance are halfway houses whose only merit is that they can more readily be abandoned than legally imposed controls...
...added that she does not feel "one can fail or succeed in a fund drive of this sort. You just have to postpone it until the climate is right...
While Smith may hope that the Geneva talks fail, he is gambling that public opinion in the West will rally to him if it appears that he is sincere in seeking a negotiated settlement, while the black nationalist spokesmen are not. Aware of Smith's strategy, some black African leaders have warned the four nationalists in Geneva not to appear intransigent. Last week the Times of Zambia editorially criticized the nationalists for refusing to accept a transition. Warned the paper: "It is better to wait longer if necessary. Insistence shows lack of political acumen and competence...
...during the late '60s, shows like Mod Squad tried to cash in on the excitement. When the blacks and other ethnic minorities asserted a claim on the nation's attention. Sanford and Son was sure to follow. Once the feminists started gaining attention, how could a producer fail to concoct something like Charlie's Angels...