Word: reject
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Union officials say the possibility that the members will reject the terms of the contract is remote...
...League Brown does it, from A (admit) to Z (reject...
Rogers and his committee begin with 25 applicants from a high-pressure high school in a prosperous Midwestern suburb. They rapidly reject a dozen students with mediocre grades and below-550 board scores, then slow down. The prospects begin to look alike: board scores in the 600s, class rank in the top fifth. Many applicants from competitive schools realize this and mail in poems, photo albums, homemade cookies, anything to stand out. One student has sent an 8-by-10 glossy of himself water-skiing at a 30° angle, spray flying, muscles rippling. Others have mailed in serious portfolios...
...principles of Islam are very advanced," says Mrs. Shambayati. In the 7th century, Islamic practice established that women should not be chattel and gave them the rights to reject marriage proposals and to own property-radical ideas at the time. Yet, says Mrs. Shambayati, "although Islam gave women life 1,400 years ago,the right only to breath is not enough today...
...week, a drop of 9% in the past year. Clearly, Barre's tough economic remedies will have to be carried out with more sensitivity and imagination if he is to avoid fulfilling a prophecy by Communist Leader Georges Marchais: The people, if not the parliament, will one day reject Barre's policies...