Word: precedental
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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White said the issue of the faculty union's composition if brought to court has no precedent in Massachusetts. He added that precedents in other states "go both ways" and depend upon the structure of the university in question.
Chiang Ch'ing explained to me how, when she undertook this ballet in the early 1960s, there was absolutely no precedent for using ballet to show military history, and almost no one would support her intent to establish it. In search of approval from among the leaders, she invited...
Another concern involves student participation on the committees. Dean Rosovsky, who will be responsible for setting up the groups, said last week that he had not yet though about who he might select, but he added that studnet membership on the task forces set a precedent for student participation on...
There is blame enough for all, players and coach, in Detroit, but winning has made it all bearable to fans-and apparently to management. There is a precedent: the baseball Oakland A's demonstrated that a team can fight and win at the same time.
The reaction to Narayan's speech must have sent some nervous shivers down the spine of Gandhi, her son Sanjay, and her other chief political advisers. Nineteen months earlier a similar speech by J.P. had spurred the Prime Minister to declare "emergency rule," muzzling the Indian press and placing her...