Word: unlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...blamed if they keep an eye on the silverware. People who boast of their integrity bear close watching: they may not be outright thieves, but it is a good bet that their righteousness masks a shifty character. So A Friend from England is an ironic title, unless Brookner is deluding herself -- and there is not much chance of that...
...which family members insisted was too valuable to put in the cargo hold. About halfway through the long journey, the trouble began. Two of the Ovechkin sons produced sawed-off rifles from the instrument case and handed the flight attendant a note, threatening to blow up the plane unless it was diverted "to a capitalist country, to London...
...University refused to settle Ms. Walters' grievance unless she agreed to drop the complaints she'd filed with the EEOC [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] and the MCAD [Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination]," McWade said. "Never in my 17 years of experience had I run into that...
...absolutely sure," Harvard attorney Natasha Lissman asked McWade, "that what they were saying was, 'Harvard refuses to settle unless you withdraw the complaints with the EEOC and MCAD,' and not maybe 'Charlotte Walters, you have the same complaints at Harvard as you do at the EEOC and MCAD--let's settle them at the same time...
...Unless the University steps in to support PBH with a financial boost, fiscal and physical dangers may result from PBH's over-hasty expansion. The dangers became apparent last July when a PBH van carrying summer camp children flipped over on the Mass. Turnpike. The van was filled to double the legal capacity because, according to officials, PBH did not have enough money to buy more vans. Although the 29 children and counselors sustained minor injuries, a major tragedy was narrowly escaped. The University and PBH cannot allow risks like these to occur simply for lack of money or poor...