Word: unless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harris insisted that his stand was "not one of endangering freedom of the press." He said. "The students can get their own paper and do what they please with it, but the University is not going to turn over any money to the Red and Black unless the editors change their policy." At present the paper is two-thirds supported by University funds...
...bastions disappeared to make way for mounds of earth and gaping excavations. Buttresses were built to shore up the sagging walls, but no treasure appeared. At last, after three years of digging, the worried contractors presented a bill for 9,362,000 francs and refused to dig another shovelful unless the marquise paid it in one month. But the marquise was broke...
...Viet Nam completely independent, and handed over their last control of the Vietnamese police and courts. The Communists were more industrious. In the neighboring kingdom of Laos, they assassinated Defense Minister Kou Voravong with a shot in the back, hurled hand grenades into the house of the Foreign Minister. Unless the Diem-Hinh fight was quickly settled, the Viet Minh would not have to bother with hand grenades in Viet...
Under the code, the ads would not claim that smoking a particular brand "is beneficial to health in any respect," or "nonirritating." Nor would they imply that a brand's ingredients, method of manufacture, length, added filter, etc., reduce nicotine, coal tars and resins unless scientifically proved. The ads would not refer to the "throat, larynx, lungs, nose, or any other part of the body," or to "digestion, energy, nerves or doctors...
There were taboos on other familiar copy devices. For example, FTC wanted the phony testimonials ended and "only genuine testimonials" used that represent the "current opinion of the author who currently smokes the brand named." Also, there should be no comparative claims made regarding the sales of competitive brands unless they are verified. By and large, FTC thought the ads ought to stick to "matters of opinion." The commission invited the tobacco firms to make suggestions on the new rules before they are officially put into effect within several months. "After that," said a spokesman, "if the manufacturers violate...