Word: formula
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Lois Happe, a delegate who presented the case for support of the boycott, said public participation was necessary to ensure that Nestle stops promotion of infant formula in developing countries...
Supporters of the boycott claim Nestle's promotional practices cause mothers to stop breast-feeding their babies and to switch to formula they may not need...
...years, as they are exempted from preliminary exams). The award of First, Second or Third Class Honours has a psychological and employment importance far beyond the "laude" distinctions at Harvard. And though some universities use coursework grades to determine honors, many still adhere to the classic "sudden death" formula I experienced in reading History at Oxford. After three years of tutorial work with no examinations and only perfunctory gradings, one is faced with Finals in the hot and sticky month of June of one's third year--ten examination papers, each three hours in length, covering the whole of three...
Utah's Republican Congressman Dan Marriott. In Oklahoma, a Democratic wit sums up the formula for success at the polls: "If you have a Democrat who walks, talks and acts like a Republican, then you have a lead-pipe cinch to win." Democratic Representative Abner Mikva of Illinois, long known as one of the most liberal members of Congress, is trying to live down his reputation in this election. He tells voters that no other member of the Illinois congressional delegation has voted against more spending bills...
...ever recorded in the history of hunting in Europe. This month, the general manage? of the council, François Edmond-Blanc, presented Ceauşescu with a golden plate. He declared that the Rumanian leader had beaten the previous world record by 100 points, according to a complex formula involving the bear's size and the quality of its fur. A bit of East Bloc one-upmanship added to Ceauşescu's triumph. The previous record holder was the president of neighboring Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito...