Word: forfeits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Psychology and anthropology are inclined to see America as a nation of spoiled children. "Americans want immediate satisfaction," says Manhattan Psychologist Harold Greenwald. "The car buyer can't wait a week for his car." Says Manhattan Psychoanalyst Sandor Lorand: "Patience is just another quality Americans forfeit when they live in this pressure cooker. From the day the child starts school, he is under pressure. No wonder he grows up impatient-first with others, then with himself...
...whole afternoon was at number four, Todd Wilkinson, a Crimson senior who had never lost a varsity match, mixed deep crosscourt shots with a variety of drops to win the first two games over aggressive Walt Smedley, 15-9 and 15-8. Smedley, a slugger who doesn't forfeit a point until he is down on all fours, rallied to pull out a tight third game...
...that any correspondence between him and his board can be direct and without delay. This can be of utmost importance in terms of the ten-day period allowed for an appeal of classification. This ten-day period begins at the time the classification is mailed, and one can easily forfeit his right of appeal if this notice is held up in the mails...
...important example. A student has "the right and obligation" to appeal a 1-A classification within ten days after it is mailed, the report says. "But appeals are rarely used because people aren't aware they have such rights open to them," Beecher explains. "More often than not, they forfeit the rights by just not using them...
...When the votes were counted, Labor's McNamara had walked away with an amazing 5,351-vote plurality. Toby and Tory drew a scant 40.8% of the ballots, and Britnik Gott proved a rebel without a cause: he pulled only 253 votes, and had to forfeit his ?150 campaign deposit. Declared the Manchester Guardian: "The voters of Hull have given Mr. Wilson the clearest message of support he has had since the general election...