Word: unless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hour exams have been failing as this yardstick, however. They are the bluebooks that the student finds with a single big letter grade serawled on their cover, and no other comment. No exam really helps the student to learn unless he knows what he did wrong; a grade and a line of cryptic figures written on the inside cover are not constructive criticism. Despite their tremendous pressure for time, graders should comment on exams--telling students what they have done wrong and how they can tackle their errors. Coupled with expanded office hours and discussion in sections,--History 61 holds...
...hastily called "yes man" meeting of his union policy committee, John Lewis raised the white flag. Without warning, he ordered his coal diggers back to work immediately on the same terms that he had haughtily rejected. But he served notice that the strike would be on again Dec. i unless the "arrogant and brutal" mine owners came to terms. At a news conference, where he tried to look ferocious but looked instead like a tired and harried hoot owl, John L. tried to explain that it was not a retreat but simply a gesture of good will...
...Ohio, when a jury finds a man guilty of a capital crime, the death penalty is mandatory unless the jury recommends mercy. The first jury that heard Cecil Yankey's trial for the crowbar murder of 71-year-old Leroy Woodland in 1947 couldn't reach a verdict. Yankey agreed to plead guilty, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a one-judge court...
Responsibility. Said the Pope: "In particular, the Catholic judge cannot pronounce, unless for motives of great import, a decision of civil divorce (where it does exist) in a marriage valid before God and the Church.* He cannot forget that such a decision practically touches not only on civil effects, but rather in reality leads to the erroneous consideration that the ties are broken and new ties are valid and binding . . ." In this respect, he added, "your duty is noticeably lighter in Italy, where divorce (the cause of so many interior conflicts for the judge who must enforce the law) does...
...drop they cannot hit the side of a barn-they cannot even hit a small city with any assurance . . . [But] the guided bomb alters this whole situation ... A great ship alone on the sea is a clear target to radar and a clear target for a guided bomb." Therefore, unless some effective seagoing defense against airborne attack comes along, "the days of the large fighting ships-carriers as well as battleships-are over...