Word: unless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...negotiate from strength. Whether half a cork was any better than none would depend on whether the Communists, at Geneva or elsewhere, performed their old miracle of driving the anti-Communist nations together again. Even more, it depended upon a realistic U.S. appraisal of France as it is today. Unless France changes basically, it cannot be considered a key factor in any situation-including the defense of France...
Orator Linder was so pleased with his speech that he bought time on three local radio stations for recorded broadcasts and a black-bordered ad in the Atlanta Constitution to spread the word. Said Herman Talmadge: "Tom would not be spending his money unless he was figuring on being a candidate...
...disturbed. "Of course I wanted my husband home," she said tearfully, "but I couldn't imagine anything like this. We haven't slept for nights. We can't eat. I don't know what to do." By week's end she had decided that unless the police moved out she would. Her husband cried: "Anything would be better than this! I'd rather go to jail...
Many a corporation has grown so big that unless a broad effort is made to "humanize" it through the officers, the public will see it as only an impersonal conglomeration of plants. Giant Du Pont is one of those that has realized the need for a more personal approach, has made President Crawford Greenewalt its public face and spokesman. On the other hand, there are many corporate executives who still feel that when they have issued a handout to the press, they have done their duty. They make no attempt to make themselves available in press conferences, thus are often...
Next to inaccuracy, the Guide warns, the most grievous sin the historian can commit is to write uninterestingly; in the words of Theodore Roosevelt, "He must remember that . . . unless he writes vividly he cannot write truthfully, for no amount of dull pains-taking detail will sum up the whole truth unless the genius is there to paint the truth." To end the "chain reaction of dullness," the essay suggests a thorough study of the classics, and goes on to offer valuable suggestions on combining interest with accuracy...