Word: unless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Christian pragmatist, I am disgusted by the action of President Goheen and his trustees against Father Halton. It reminds me of the mama's boys who won't play unless they can make the rules. Because Father Halton acts as if free speech means free speech, he has been ruled out of bounds. Rah! Rah! Tiger! Excuse it please, we mean Tabby...
...report, and the sure thing gurgled down the drain. New York's population is now 7,795,471, down 96,486 in seven years. Mayor Wagner refused to accept the figures. Then the state attorney general eased the pain by ruling that state aid would not be reduced unless the next regular count confirmed the decline. Net result of the gamble: a $1,500,000 loss to the municipal pocketbook and a stiff blow to municipal pride...
...only slightly. Common sense shows that a slight danger may be risked, even if the only good that results is pleasure or relaxation (e.g., horseback riding is permissible, although there is a remote possibility that the rider may be thrown and killed). Therefore, moderate cigarette smoking is not sinful, unless for special reasons a doctor forbids it, while immoderate smoking...
...ending last March, air traffic at a dozen leading U.S. airports jumped 19%; with jets that can carry up to 140 passengers, v. 90 for the biggest piston-engine plane, traffic volume will soon rise even faster. But most cities are still dragging their heels on airport-improvement plans. "Unless some of these people get busy and fast," says one United Air Lines captain, "I can see the day when the sky will be full of planes all looking for a place to land...
...refused to argue the case at The Hague-and thus all but ended Interhandel's long struggle to regain the company. As a founder of the World Court, though never a defendant there, the U.S. exercised its treaty right to refuse trial in "matters essentially within domestic jurisdiction." Unless the U.S. Supreme Court (which has already turned down one appeal by Interhandel and now has another to consider on a technical point) reverses its position, the sale of rich (1956 sales: $133 million) General Aniline by the Justice Department is assured in the near future...