Word: 30th
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Just before her 30th birthday, the war broke out. Eager for adventure, Travers signed up as a volunteer for Charles de Gaulle's Resistance army and shipped off to Africa and the Middle East where she joined up with the Legion and became the driver for Colonel Marie-Pierre Koenig. On a trip from Damascus to Beirut, Koenig and Travers became lovers then lived together in Beirut, where they were stationed for several months. "Slowly, in the idyllic setting I would remember fondly all of my life," she writes, "Pierre touched my soul in a way no other...
...Amtrak, the company that brought us the aforementioned adventure, celebrates its 30th birthday this week. How is the celebration shaping up? Let?s just say there?s very little optimism lingering around corporate headquarters these days. At this birthday looms, you see, Amtrak is in one heck of a bind...
...Crimson gave up another two-goal lead to the Minutewomen, but junior Heather Hussey pulled Harvard to within one with her goal in the 30th minute. UMasss led at the half...
Taylor--who won two sprints and the hurdles at Heps last week--finished fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 54.99 seconds. Taylor's time of 54.64 seconds from February had placed her 30th on the national performance lists. Taylor will be positioned much higher in the national rankings this spring in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles--her premier event in which she was an Olympic Trial semifinalist this summer...
...there were also, in the year 2000, signs of greater awareness. Linked by the Internet, hundreds of millions of people rallied for the cause of conservation on the 30th anniversary of Earth Day. Governments from Washington to Lima took steps to protect large wilderness areas from development. Progress was made toward using more renewable energy from the wind and the sun, and new hybrid cars that used both gasoline and electricity sported impressive fuel-economy statistics...