Word: unless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Britain have repeatedly said they will never sign a treaty unless it spells out in detail a foolproof control and inspection system to prevent violations of a test ban. But on second look, there were no control provisions in the article they had approved in Geneva. Pressed, a U.S. spokesman admitted that the delegates had agreed to split the article in two, the control provisions being left in the second article. The Soviets, he explained, had "essentially adopted our language." "We will now get to the control system," he added...
Thus the law is against prescribing, selling, or advertising contraceptives. Unless a book or periodical advertises a contraceptive, there is no legal reason why it should not be freely circulated...
Last May a three-judge federal panel upheld the Alabama law on the ground that none of the 17 qualifications were, in and of themselves, unconstitutional unless proved, by evidence submitted to the courts, to be administered so as to exclude Negroes from white schools. "In some future proceeding," warned the lower court, "[the law] may be declared unconstitutional in its applications." That, in sum, was the judgment that the Supreme Court sustained last week...
MARTIN CO. IS FLYING into rough weather, will lay off 6,000 of 20,000 workers at its Baltimore-area plant within a year unless it lands major new defense orders. Navy cut orders of Martin Sea Master jet seaplanes from 24 to 14 (saving: $60 million to $70 million). Also, Martin is prime contractor for Vanguard and Titan missiles, which may be scrubbed. Vanguard has performed below expectations; Titan was intended to backstop Atlas ICBM, which is doing splendidly...
Harsh Penalty? On a long-term stock profit, an investor must pay a capital gains tax of up to 25%. This means that if he sells, and pays the tax, he lessens his borrowing power by the amount of the tax and thus has less to invest, unless he can find another stock that will go up enough to make up for the tax loss. With shares already selling at record highs, finding such a stock is difficult. Result: investors are locked into their stocks, thus keeping shares off the market, and forcing up prices...