Word: unless
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...subliminal question to America remains the same: 'How do I look now, folks?' " The weekly Economist of London, perhaps the staunchest supporter of the U.S. in the European press, bemoaned Carter's "amateurism" and warned that the President could not solve the country's problems "unless there is some understanding of how the world works and some readiness to eschew symbolism and appearances and go instead after the substance of the problems...
...weak and wavering dollar is symbolic of the Carter Administration. A declining dollar also does serious damage to the U.S. economy by pushing up the price of imports and making it more expensive for U.S. companies to operate abroad and thus directly challenge their European and Asian competitors. Unless Carter rallies and the U.S. demonstrates real signs of strength, the dollar will continue to tremble, and investors abroad will live by their old watchword: "In gold we trust...
Somatotropin is one of the body's important chemicals. Produced by the tiny pituitary gland at the base of the brain, it promotes normal physical growth, hence its other name, human growth hormone (HGH). The chemical is vital in the treatment of a certain form of dwarfism. Unless children who are deficient in the hormone receive injections of HGH, they rarely reach five feet in height. The supply, however, is severely limited: somatotropin can only be obtained from cadavers, and about 50 of the pea-sized glands are needed to treat just one child for a year (cost...
...Stone, 71, iconoclast and retired political newsletter writer: "Retirement is terrible. It's a vestibule to death. Unless you have something new, such as my Greek studies...
Last winter the ACTWU organized a campaign that led labor unions to threaten to withdraw more than $1 billion in pension and other funds from New York's Manufacturers Hanover bank unless it dumped two of its directors, who also held seats on the Stevens board. The bank quickly caved in and failed to renominate Stevens Chairman James D. Finley and David W. Mitchell, chairman of Avon Products. Two weeks later Mitchell, deluged with letters from union sympathizers threatening a boycott of Avon goods, also quit as a Stevens director...