Word: invalidity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...philosopher-jester, Balsam gives one of those performances that do more than win prizes; they establish the highest bench marks of acting. Discoursing richly and ironically on life and death, he becomes a fabulous invalid who, like the theater itself, is an image for the tenacity of man's spirit. T.E.K...
Wyatt said the use of the imprinting machines, which resemble those used to register credit-card purchases, would allow the University to keep an exact record of the number of students who had used invalid cards to gain admission to dining halls...
...Pierre we expect he will be reprimanded and find out instead that the boss is, in fact, Pierre's father, and that Pierre has been called because his father has just taken ill. In one short scene the clowning child-man has taken on the responsibility of an invalid parent and of a business...
Less Trifling. The Indians' legal argument is that the treaties they made beginning 183 years ago were invalid. Congress never ratified the treaties, as required by the Nonintercourse Act of 1790, which mandated congressional approval of Indian land transactions. The Justice Department, concurring with this argument, said that it would take Maine landowners, including the state itself, to court on behalf of the tribes unless a congressionally approved settlement was reached by June 1. President Jimmy Carter plans to appoint a mediator to try to negotiate an agreement...
Students will forget many of the facts that they are taught, and new developments will make much of what is imparted today invalid in years hence. I think we might all agree without protracted discussion that an understanding of the value and uses of intellect is essential for an educated person. But the question is: how are "arts and habits" inculcated in a most efficient and lasting manner? Not by a one-sided or specialized curriculum alone, nor by a system of general education that is unfocused and relatively unstructured...