Word: option
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Twelve states have already taken steps to name January 15th a holiday. In a half-hearted appeal, South Carolina offered its residents the unique option of honoring either King on January 15th, Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general on January 19th or Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederacy, on June 3rd. And Tennesseans have even more important things on their minds as they consider January 8th a state holiday in honor of the late rock and roll king Elvis Presley...
Benjamin H. Walcott, assistant director of food services, said Wednesday that alternative meal plans would be financially feasible if at least 50 per cent of undergraduates opt for the 14 meal option...
...name for the Engelhard Library of Public Affairs is on the list. So is the option to take drama courses for credit and go to a foreign country to study, not to mention a Writing Center. Free toilet paper, too, unless of course you've already got it. And, of course, the option to eat only 14 meals a week on board...
However, if discussions with the Foundation are unproductive, and the Foundation is unwilling to allow the name of the library to be altered, then the only remaining option is for the University to take steps to dissolve the agreement. We would recommend that the University offer to return the money, and upon consent of the Foundation, undo the agreement, remove the name, and seek an alternative source of funds...
Once the mutual defense treaty is abrogated, Taiwan still has two conceivable military options: alliance with the Soviet Union, or development of a nuclear deterrent. Both have obvious drawbacks, and either could provoke Peking into pre-emptive military action. Yet the prospect is not for a military solution but for a war of nerves, of feints and harassments, always combined with suggestions of surrender. Said a Taiwan diplomat: "We just have to stay where we are come hell or high water. We have no option...