Word: failed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House of Representatives. Sponsored by Rep. George Miller (D-Cal.), H.R. 4973 imposes a minimum of two years in jail and a fine of $50,000 on corporate executives who are aware that a product or business practice poses "a serious danger" to the public, but who fail to warn the government or warn affected employees. This comprehensive deterrent, striking personally at the corporate executive as well as the corporation, could quite literally revolutionize industry's present misuses and sloppy disposal of toxic substances, while public pressure on Congress, if relayed to the three regulatory agencies, could eliminate the more...
...committee will certainly fail if it does not remember to consult extensively with students and junior faculty within Afro-American studies. Given the heritage of mutual suspicion between the department and the administration, such cooperation is essential. If the committee, students and faculty honestly try to work together, perhaps Afro-American Studies can gain the status and the strength that it deserves...
...with intelligence. In the general population, ten times as many men as women have such disabilities, and the Harvard ratio is similar to that, Dinklage says. Harvard began testing for the disability in the '60s, when administrators wanted to know why a few hard-working students would continually fail language classes, Dinklage says. Before then, students had been referred to language testing experts in the Boston area, Charles P. Whitlock, associate dean of the Faculty for special projects, says...
...problem of dealing with "the troubles" continues to bedevil the governments of the Irish Republic and Britain. There had already been rumblings that security had slackened in Eke since Prime Minister Jack Lynch and his Fianna Fail Party were returned to power two years ago. Lynch's failure to return from a vacation in Portugal until late last week did nothing to stem the criticism, though he vigorously condemned the I.R.A. as the "real enemies of Ireland." Thatcher is being urged to push for tougher security measures when she meets with Lynch following Mountbatten's funeral this week...
...says that he has already turned down politicians and advertisers who wanted to hire him, and explains that his black boxes include a "fail safe" mechanism that prevents clients from playing anything but the message he has programmed into them. Still, many Americans would undoubtedly be outraged by any secret at tempts to influence their behavior for better or worse. As Aryeh Neier, former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, puts it, "People have a right to go about their business without being subjected to manipulation they don't even know about...