Word: unless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...watching the industrial democracies squirm. Tough anti-terrorist resolutions have been presented at the United Nations; they usually suffer endless delays and are then emasculated. Following Lufthansa Pilot Schumann's death, Derry Pearce, president of the International Federation of Airline Pilots Association, threatened a worldwide two-day pilots' strike unless the U.N. finally acted against skyjacking. After a promise from Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim that an "urgent item" on the issue will be brought before the General Assembly this week, Pearce announced that the strike had been postponed...
...apartheid. "People can never really appreciate what racism is unless they paint their faces and try to exist under conditions blacks are expected to survive in this country...
Excessive fertility is itself a serious obstacle to economic growth. But unless the benefits of growth are directed more equitably to the lower 40% of the income groups, where in fact fertility rates are likely to be the highest, then economic growth as such will not move the society forward at an optimum rate of progress. But through an increase in income, small-farm families will almost certainly experience a beneficial decline in their traditionally high fertility. For the income will give them access to better health and education and living standards, which in turn are likely to lead...
...upheld Bakke in a decisive 6-to-l opinion. Basing its decision on a rather literal reading of the 14th Amendment guarantee of equal protection under the law, the California court stated that the use of race as a criterion in any official program calls for judicial "strict scrutiny." Unless a "compelling state interest" can be demonstrated and there are no viable, nonracial alternative methods available, the use of race is forbidden. Here, the court ruled that the university had not exhausted alternative methods. Among its suggestions: more aggressive recruitment of minority applicants or remedial education programs, and, at bottom...
Howard Cosell does go on, and the football fan who wants to watch ABC's Monday night telecasts has no recourse but to bear the polysyllabic palaver. There is no way to strike back-unless you happen to be at the Sweetwater singles bar in Denver. Every Monday night a drawing is held. The winner is given a brick and the right to use it to demolish a used TV bought for the occasion each week. The winner can take aim at any of the ABC announcers, but, says Manager Gerry Brown, "most pick Cosell." Business at the Sweetwater...