Word: utters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...assistant professor of the Afro-American Studies Department said yesterday that his department is in a state of "utter disarray and demoralization" and called for additional tenured faculty to be hired immediately to prevent "an imminent collapse in the department...
...dour, daft family, his rages, his uncomplaining wife ("He felt a drop in her interest when she seemed certain there was nothing much in it for her but pleasure"), his keen, cold eye, his utter isolation−they all unreel as episodes unreel by the roadside, bizarre but not unexpected...
...Kroc codified McDonald's policies into a kind of fast-food religion summed up in the initials QSC (for Quality, Service, Cleanliness), a set of letters that every McDonald's employee is taught to utter reverently. The stamp of Kroc's personality, and business genius, is clearly on those letters, especially C. Says Kroc: "We made sure that no McDonald's became a hangout. We didn't allow cigarette machines, newspaper racks, not even a pay telephone. We still don't. We made the hamburger joint a dignified, clean place with a wholesome atmosphere...
What is unconscionable about Watergate and the other recent cases is not that the Government used wiretaps or other snooping devices, or sought to seize private documents that it believed to be relevant to the national security, but that it did these things with an utter disregard for the law. Where national security is involved, the principal consideration is not the tool that is used but the assurance that it will be used on a legitimate target in legitimate fashion. As Los Angeles Police Chief Edward Davis put it last week: "The catching of a felon never justifies the catcher...
...naval architect who designed and built the lovely junk-rigged schooner Gazelle, the men who drew the lines of all these boats are men whose restless imaginations were shaped by the same traditions that molded Colin Archer-the traditions and demands of the sea. Simplicity, sturdiness and an utter freedom from frills are the hallmark of their work...