Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would much rather believe I was placed on this particular planet temporarily by mistake. This is surely the boondocks of the universe...
...India last week, Coca-Cola was fast becoming more than the most popular soft drink in the country; it was turning into two four-letter words. Climaxing a four-year campaign against multinational companies in general and Coca-Cola in particular, the government in effect demanded that Coke turn over its secret drink formulas and 60% of its operations to Indian investors by next April or be expelled from the subcontinent. Minister for Industry George Fernandes, a leftist labor leader installed in his post by the new Janata Party government, charged that Coke was taking far more money...
...powers over the estate-possibly because H.L. had doted on Ray as the only son of his second marriage. Discord soon developed between Ray and his three older halfbrothers, Bunker, Herbert and Lamar.* If not eccentrics in H.L.'s mold, they are at least wheeler-dealers. Bunker, in particular, has grabbed headlines with gaudy speculations in silver and soybeans. To resolve the conflict, Ray agreed in mid-1975 to split the empire in two. Bunker, Herbert and Lamar took over management of a new company, Hunt Energy Corp.; Ray retained control of the flagship operation, Hunt...
After compiling the results of the study, the research team has decided against conducting any further studies in which the victims of herpes encephalitis are given placebos. Adenine arabinoside has proved so effective against this particular deadly disease, they agree that it would be unethical not to administer...
...Nevertheless, that first year is often a difficult one for women, who at times find themselves overwhelmed by the numbers of men. While Moses says he considers the freshman class a single unit of about 1600 students, and not one divided by sex, he does not foresee any particular problems in dealing with the women's situation. After all, he points out, in his four years as an administrator at Manhattanville, he worked with 800 students each year, 80 per cent of whom were women (not too long ago that figure was 100 per cent). "In that time, I learned...