Word: pass
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...zealous office manager always peering over the shoulders of his clerks, TARP can almost instantly spot errors, determine who has made them, and take steps to discipline or replace the wrongdoer. It constantly monitors the specially coded messages -or interoffice memos, as Avižienis calls them-that pass between the units, and immediately reacts to deviations from normal in the computer chatter. "It's as if a person were to start mispronouncing or slurring words," explains Avižienis. "Illness or intoxication would be immediately suspected...
...Congress gave the FDA a mandate to pass on both the safety and effectiveness of all new drugs before licensing them. Druggists' shelves then were crammed with almost 3,000 previously approved preparations. Some were gimmicky solutions supposed to sweeten the breath or whiten teeth, but others contained valuable medications. Some were made by obscure little companies, but many were produced by distinguished firms...
...fund drive turned into a 5 million dollar success-the biggest single fund-raising drive ever conducted for a law school. The curriculum has already moved substantially toward a pass-fail system, and more changes are expected over the next two years. Contrary to some of the more dire predictions, the Law School is still standing...
...City Council took two months to pass this measure, and the one thing we did right was to carefully consider all the legal aspects of the contract," explained Councilwoman Barbara Ackermann...
...usual" morning . . . at 7 o'clock and AD-6 plane prowls overhead. It circles for about ten minutes, then leaves. At 7:30 the plane returns, makes a pass and drops three loads several kilometers from the "hotel." At 8 o'clock there is a flight of jets. At 8:30, new jets and bombs. The same operation at 9 o'clock...