Word: sooner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problem, of course, is that the race appeared to be over before it even started. No sooner had Koch dispatched Cuomo in the runoff--a sequel to his startling victory in the seven-person general primary early in the month--than the press had dubbed him heir apparent to that shaky framework of bureaucratic cobwebs and dubious city bonds that is the New York municipal government. New Yorkers had rebuked the Beame administration, the papers asserted, and wanted to move on to the brand of humane but firm fiscal conservatism that Koch promised. The Congressman, not one to decline...
Although Stephens says he expected that Harvard would readmit him sooner, he says, "I'm not bitter and can't afford to be bitter" about Harvard's actions...
Anyway, have a nice weekend, Dartmouth or otherwise! Sooner or Later...
...Sooner or later, the work demands of the aged would have to be heard?and in the U.S. it appears to be sooner...
...react quickly." Letteri, on the other hand, wants a guarantee that officers who fail the exams will be allowed to remain in the force on light duty. Otherwise the department could use the physicals as an excuse to weed out the uncooperative officers: "You're bound to fail one sooner or later," he says. But such a guarantee, which would have been simple in the days when the University police were little more than security guards, will not wash in an era when they are trying to be "real policemen." "We just can't justify having that many...