Word: unlessness
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...other alumnae point to their living arrangements as a symbol of the disadvantages Radcliffe students confronted. "We had to live in the [Radcliffe] Quad, and there was no transportation. But we took it for granted and developed strong leg muscles. Now you can't get anyone to live there unless you provide transportation...
Moore said he would not resign officially fromthe Kennedy School of Government unless he isconfirmed in the post, an event he said he refusesto take for granted. The Boston Globe reportedlast week that ultra-conservative ReaganAdminstration elements had opposed his nomination...
...officials privately doubt that a news organization can be successfully prosecuted under Section 798. But the mere prospect of Government action could serve the same purpose. "We don't want to police the press," says a CIA spokesman. "We want the press to police itself." The dilemma is that unless a news organization is willing to risk criminal prosecution, it must rely on the CIA to tell it whether a story poses a threat to national security. As the sometime subject of such stories, the CIA may not always be the most objective judge...
...before the show goes live). Inevitably, of course, some Senators will play for the nightly news. Three weeks ago, William Proxmire of Wisconsin illustrated that U.S. consumption of dairy products is rising by brandishing large chunks of cheese. Protested Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa: "The public perception is that unless they see you on TV, you're not doing your job. When my colleagues ask me why I'm giving so many speeches, I can say it's your own damn fault for voting TV in." On the other hand, the wavy- haired and matinee-idol-handsome John Warner (Actress...
...Unless this is done, the task force maintains, the mass of U.S. public schools may fail to meet the needs not only of average pupils but of the more than 20% of students, mainly minorities, now living below the poverty level and attending schools that typically cannot attract top teachers. "America must now provide to the many the same quality of education presently reserved for the fortunate few," says the report, written principally by Carnegie's executive director Marc Tucker. "Only the teachers can finally accomplish (that) agenda . . . The cost of not doing so will be a steady erosion...