Word: abreast
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with an enormous portrait of Andropov. In a columned hall inside, Andropov's body lay in an open coffin banked with carnations, red roses and tulips. Chernenko, acting as the first among equals, led the delegation. Tikhonov came next, followed by a trio of senior Politburo members walking three abreast: Defense Minister Ustinov, in his familiar uniform with rows of ribbons, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Moscow Party Boss Victor Grishin. Behind them came Gorbachev and Romanov, walking side by side as if to dispel rumors of their rivalry for Andropov...
...Egan warns that Jaguar must spend $300 million before 1989 to keep abreast of the best. Says he: "It's no good for us to do with sweat and tears what Mercedes-Benz achieves with machines." One option for BL is to sell Jaguar...
Both Lewontin and Hubbard said that Harvard does considerable research in many areas of genetics--research which group members believe the community should be kept abreast...
...solemn but peaceful mood, the students went to pay their respects to Poland. Ten abreast down the broad Danube quays they marched to Petofi Square. A student and workers delegation went to the radio station, requested that its demands be made public. Security police arrested the delegation. The crowd stormed the building, but the police opened fire, killing several attackers...
Dead of injuries was Louisiana Trucker Harold Bracy. Drowned in their car were Luis Zapata and Reginald Fischer, both area residents. Driving abreast was Truck Driver David Pace, hauling a load of empty beer bottles to Hartford and accompanied in the cab by his wife. "I felt my wheels going soft on me," Pace told his father later from a hospital bed. "I screamed to Helen to duck and grab the pillow because we're going down." Eileen Weldon of nearby Darien, driving alone in her car, sailed off into the dark river too and survived. The Paces, seriously...