Word: unless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...example, Robert Nozick, professor of Philosophy, said he would oppose the legislation unless Bowersock could cite precisely the number of hours the reforms would demand of the Faculty...
...last much longer. Hurling a rhetorical threat at the oil-consuming countries at a press conference at the end of the OPEC meeting, Yamani said bluntly: "It is up to you now. Saudi Arabia can do nothing more for the West. Americans can do a lot, but unless they act, the world will have another price increase by June...
...tough inner-city school, and she has been getting up at 6 a.m. to take courses at a nearby college. Her mother is a maid, and she has six siblings, including a brother at Yale. Her essay radiates energy and will. She gets an A 83-admitted, unless Rogers has second thoughts at "minority review": "If we take her, I'm going to grab that grade book a year from now and see how she's doing...
Such spot checks by police are common practice. Last week, by a vote of 8 to 1. the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that they are unconstitutional. No longer will police be able to stop a car at random to look at a driver's credentials unless the officer has some objective reason to suspect that the law has been broken. The case before the court involved a Delaware driver named William Prouse, 20, who was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana after his car was stopped during a "routine" license check in 1976. Police Officer Anthony Avena...
When war broke out after the sinking of the Maine, Roosevelt demanded a commission, explaining that he could not urge others to go to war unless he himself was willing to fight. Helpless without his glasses but ever anxious to assert his manhood, he headed the victorious Rough Riders, a ragtag group of Ivy Leaguers and hard-bitten frontiersmen out to "drive the Spaniard from the New World." Teddy came home as the most popular man in America and a cinch for the Republican ticket in 1900. Elected Vice President, he fretted about how he would keep busy. Six months...