Word: unless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scrapped it. Then, with the coming of World War II, we built up what became the world's greatest military establishment; and again we scrapped it. Then, when the Korean war came, we had to build the third time. This time we do not propose to disarm ourselves unless we can be sure that others are doing the same...
...story you are about to relate is an extraordinarily good one. Your praise may be too lavish . . . You should not applaud your own story. If the story you have told has made no impression on the listener, do not repeat it in a vain attempt to get some response . . . Unless you are very good at it, never use a dialect in telling an anecdote...
...Russian basketball team been scheduled to play Harvard and four other American college teams in this country, than the Amateur Athletic Union abruptly announced it would not sanction the tour. Following this unexpected action, the State Department revealed that it would not issue visas to the Russians unless the A.A.U. first gave its approval to the tour...
...plot of the novel, then, merely concerns some bubbles which pop. Nor has the story itself any "cosmic" significance, unless as a running commentary upon everyday America. And even these comments figure in jokes along the way rather than in any destined conclusion to the book. The real heart of The Bubble Makers is not its subject matter but its style...
Before a Harvard Liberal Union audience of 150 persons, Clark spoke encouragingly about liberal prospects in the 1956 elections. "The Democratic Party is ready, willing, and able to take control of the government unless it fumbles on the Republican goal line," he declared...