Word: unless
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...know what I'm talking about, unless, of course, you are one of those in need. Home training (also known as common courtesy, respectability, manners and decency) is that basic, minimal level of civility upon which most constructive human interaction is based. Home training teaches us to say hello to people who greet us, not to yell in church or pick our noses in public or let the door slam behind us in someone's face. But may be these concepts are too trivial for the Harvard student who is busy becoming a future leader. After all, company executives, mayors...
Hollis C. Waite '98 said educating tutors about the Ad Board is "not a significant issue [unless the Ad Board] allows tutors to sit in on the cases," which is not permitted...
...have provided his first taste of how inhospitable the "vital center" can be. He led a demonstration against both the militant students who occupied a university building and the administration' that decided to respond by calling in 400 policemen. Both sides condemned him. Raines later told the Washington Post, "Unless someone took the initiative, this was going to turn into a confrontation between the administration and the radicals and we would see the institution torn apart." It's hard to imagine better training...
...Robin, who had run the magazine and maintained a valuable library of atheist books, was much quieter and reputedly much brighter, but capable of answering back in kind. During working hours, says American Atheists officer and longtime Murray-O'Hair friend Arnold Via, "they didn't bother one another unless they wanted to get into another's throats," in which case, screaming fights ensued. Inevitably, however, they ate lunch together, dined together after work and returned together to the big house on Greystone Drive. "They were three peas in a pod," says Via, an occasional houseguest. "Jon had no girlfriend...
...threat is basically a means for establishing a bargaining position by inducing fear in the subject. A threat should never be made unless it is part of the plan and the "questioner" has the approval to carry out the threat. When a threat is used, it should always be implied that the subject himself is to blame by using words such as, " You leave me no other choice but to... " He should never be told to comply "or else...