Word: markedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although the hearing was well-attended by concerned citizens and news media alike, the Commission made no effort to lay out any official reason as to why they were preventing students (Mendelsohn in particular) from registering, and presented no uniform guidelines as to what constituted official proof of residency. The...
Gaelic Sign. The 2,400 British troops trying to police the border have an almost impossible assignment. The frontier has no fences, no minefields, no walls, no guard towers. Officials are not even sure how long it is; their published estimates range from 250 to 303 miles. Twenty roads cross...
After driving north for some 300 yards, the two corporals stopped and climbed out to repair their tires, which had been punctured by barbed wire. They did not know that they were still ten yards inside the Irish Republic; at that place, the border is marked only by a stream...
Under a scorching sun in Tripoli last week, Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi beamed as troops equipped with Soviet rocket launchers and Czech armored personnel carriers paraded past his reviewing stand. Overhead, eight French-made Mirage jets zoomed by. Gaddafi, a lean, intense Arab zealot of 29, was understandably...
The controversies in Midland and New York City point up an escalating battle that could have a marked effect on the quality of life in the U.S. Unless the growing demand for power can be met, the high standard of living made possible by a highly industrialized society may well...