Word: unless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Upper-Middle-Income Costley's $9-a-pair sneakers have got to be a figment of somebody's imagination, unless they're being imported from Spain...
Undoubtedly, large estates operate more productively than a group of small farmers, unless the peasants form successful cooperatives. A fall-off in production would likely increase Peru's economic squeeze. Food imports may well increase while earnings from sugar and cotton could now shrink. That would be all the more painful; Peru has already lost U.S. aid and scared off private investment with its seizure...
...given a longer sentence without any justification. Bad conduct after the first trial may be sufficient reason for a harsher sentence, the court said, but a man may not be punished merely for exercising his right of appeal. By a 7-to-l majority, the court ruled that unless the trial record adequately explains the reason for the longer term, the defendant has been deprived of due process...
...most people voted to return to classes because they were tired of striking. I would guess, too, that the first stadium meeting might have voted to suspend the strike if God hadn't sent us such a beautiful spring day. And I would guess that every strike at Harvard--unless its purpose in the eyes of almost every participant is to rectify outstanding political grievances--will run into a gloomy day on which it will...
...part, it probably originates with the offhand elitism of many Harvard students--with their assumption that any institution bearing the name "Harvard" couldn't be quite up to par unless they and their peers participate...