Word: dependable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While they rose, older cities that depend on basic industries declined. As sales of U.S.-made autos tumbled 16.7% in the last six months, largely because of infuriating gasoline lines and inflating gasoline prices, recession and high unemployment struck Detroit, Flint and other carmaking capitals. Also hurt were the industry's supplier cities: rubbermaking Akron, glassmaking Toledo, steelmaking Youngstown. Layoffs in the auto industry mounted to 116,000 workers (out of a total 765,400), and in steel to 45,000 (out of 466,859). Unemployment also ran higher than the national average in the metropolitan areas that live...
...principle, affirmative action has four apparently solid votes on the court, at least if Bakke and Weber are a guide: Justices Brennan, Marshall, White and Blackmun. The decisive fifth vote might depend on the particular facts of this case. Constitutional Scholar Laurence Tribe thinks this vote could be attracted by the fact that the set-aside is "more of a carrot than a stick" to help minorities...
...October, ETS failed to send out admissions tickets to its popular Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). And as of last week, the service had yet to send out those grade and LSAT score summaries it usually starts mailing in October to American law schools that depend on the reports for evaluating applicants. The delays have slowed admissions work throughout the country...
Unlike many varsity squads that tend to rely on returning lettermen for talent and leadership, this season's swim team will have to depend on a strong core of newcomers plus a few returning veterans to fulfill Coach Stephanie Walsh's high hopes...
Much of Rhodesia's economic future will depend on the political regime that emerges from the elections. With the whites assured of 20 seats, the crucial struggle will take place among the seven or so black factions vying for the remaining 80 seats. These parties are so deeply divided by tribal and personal differences that many observers fear no national leader will emerge and a shaky coalition is inevitable. "God help us if that happens," says a white trade unionist in Salisbury. "Can you imagine Nkomo, Mugabe and the bishop [Muzorewa] in the same Cabinet...