Word: longer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...irritating inconvenience to spend hours waiting for what used to be taken for granted, but somebody would eventually fix things. More gas would appear, as it had before, and all would be well. Last week it became clear that nobody was fixing things very fast. The lines got longer, and the prices went...
There is a well-documented pattern of discrimination against the Chinese of Viet Nam. In northern parts of the country, they have been dismissed from government jobs, forbidden to conduct private businesses, told that they can no longer associate with their Vietnamese countrymen. Their schools have been closed, but their children have not been allowed to attend classes with Vietnamese. In the event of another border clash with the People's Republic, the Chinese have been told, they face "liquidation" or imprisonment. In what was formerly South Viet Nam, there are regular announcements by radio and wall poster...
...sailed a ketch into France's South Pacific nuclear proving grounds in an effort to halt atomic testing, addressed his companions: "What we saw today was disgusting ... disgusting. The whale is a mammal. It makes love. It is warm-blooded. It has been here 40 million years longer than we have...
Brennan did not address the issue, but it is clear that the EEOC can obtain court-ordered affirmative action, including quotas, if it proves past discrimination. Most affirmative-action programs exist because employers cannot get federal contracts without them. Last week the Government said it would no longer buy from Uniroyal, charging that the company had balked at setting up an affirmative-action program for women. Uniroyal is only the 21st company to be so penalized in 15 years, but it is the biggest-with $35 million in outstanding Government contracts...
...seven-figure club is no longer what it used...