Word: unless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President also had a warning: "I must say to you in all gravity that, in spite of both the present overall strength and the forward momentum of our defense, it is entirely possible that in the years ahead we could fall behind. I repeat: we could fall behind-unless we now face up to certain pressing requirements and set out to meet them at once...
...believe that, should the Princeton officials fail in their duty, the Yale team should refuse to appear on the field. Unless the College is given certain assurances by Princeton authorities that action will be promptly taken, President Griswold should instruct coach Olivar to keep his players in the locker room...
...Council has promised that next week's meeting will be "fair game" for press and representatives--that is, unless club merger is discussed...
Although the Republicans have played their cards so they can possibly win the 1960 Presidential election, at this time there is little chance that they will make a good showing in 1958. Unless the foreign and economic position of the country improves markedly, the Democrats at least stand to hold their own in the gubernatorial elections and gain as many as twenty-five seats in the House and five in the Senate...
...visible already in William Inge's overly celebrated Picnic: it is hard to be interesting about dull, ordinary people, even if you characterize them with compassion. Picnic, of course, nearly conquered the problem by being about sex. But if the writer centers on ordinary people, living and speaking cliches; unless he injects or carefully selects force, or crisis, or some universal overtones, or even comedy, why write the play...