Word: loyal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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First, a good deal of employment seems to involve very little in the way special qualifications. For example, common laborers employed by the government do not pass a civil service test. If a political machine controls the jobs, the loyal get them. In other circumstances, it may be first come first served. In other cases, because there are so many applicants, test requirements are set very high so as to have a means of excluding some. Perhaps only a lottery is fair. A lottery together with the affirmative action of aggressive advertising and seeking out the previously excluded...
Citing reasons why he thought that L. Patrick Gray III would be an excellent director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Attorney General Richard Kleindienst said: "He's a real patriot and a dedicated anti-Communist." Moreover, added Kleindienst, "he's loyal to President Nixon...
Father was a Sicilian from Palermo who had come to London 20 years ago. He was still loyal to his native country, passionately defending its dignity against all challengers. Franco thought him amusingly oldfashioned, but on the whole harmless. He simply belonged to a different era. Patriotism meant nothing to the young people of today. There had been an attempt, some years earlier, to popularize a European an them and a European flag but neither had been taken seriously. People moved freely across national frontiers, there was a common European currency and members of the European Parliament were elected...
...drama of the play's climactic scenes and musical numbers blends successfully with its innovative structure, the production may embark on a movement of its own. National attention could be the next step for Suffragette. But for now, its creative effort and powerfully dramatic message should easily command a loyal following in this community. After all, it's for the cause...
...visiting Brown band and a group of loyal fans that made the trek from Providence started to make a lot of noise in the third to rally their seemingly defeated team. The Bruins came alive in response to the hooplah, tying the score...