Word: rule
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Unable to resolve the conflict over academic eligibility requirements for athletes, the so-called "1.6 rule" (1.6 out of a possible 4.0 grade average), the Ivy schools have been banned from NCAA competition...
Fair play may be the rule on the football field, but in the announcer's booth it is the sponsor who calls the plays. During a recent ABC telecast of a game between Southern Methodist and Texas A. & M., the announcers referred to the S.M.U. team as the "Horses," the "Colts" and the "Ponies"-but never by their accepted nickname, the Mustangs. Reason: one of the show's sponsors was the Chevrolet Camaro, which is in direct competition with the Ford Mustang...
...major cases began almost immediately after he ascended the bench on October 5, 1953. His first big test was Brown v. Board of Education, the school-desegregation case. It was quickly apparent to him that a majority of the court was going to strike down the separate-but-equal rule, which had been challenged in Kansas and three other states. Well aware that an order to desegregate all public schools would be a nation-shaking step, the new Chief was anxious that the decision be unanimous, without any separate concurrences. He set out to write that single opinion himself...
...mattered much to U.S. interests. At present he favors cessation of the bombing but a continued, strong military buildup behind a barrier along the 17th parallel, to persuade the Viet Cong that they cannot win and must negotiate. Under his peace plan, the Viet Cong would be given undisputed rule of the areas they now control. The next stage calls for North and South Viet Nam to be united as one country whose neutrality would be guaranteed by international agreements...
...number of Faculty advocates of the committee assume that a convincing case will not be made. As long as research conforms to Harvard's rule--that the source of funds doesn't matter provided the research is not secret--Faculty members are unlikely to find wisdom in other reasons for banning...