Word: absently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...being treated. Some placards were flip. One beery young man carried a sign that said DON'T BOMB US, WE'RE ALREADY BOMBED and on another youth's poster was the request REAGAN-GIVE ME A CHANCE TO REACH YOUR AGE. Some would-be ralliers were absent: the U.S. Government refused to let about 300 foreigners, mostly Japanese, enter the country; Washington claimed most were members of Communist-front organizations. New York City's government, on the other hand, went out of its way to accommodate the earnest horde and expected its costs to exceed...
...author's favorite themes in an abridged volume far more sprightly than the 800 page behemoth available in late August. Here we find that same world of scholarly contemplation, term bills and drop add schedules portrayed in firm bureaucratic prose and candid snap shots of Widener Library. Absent are the upper-level conference course descriptions, the Department of Biophysics faculty listing and the information on January examinations. The result is a version of the classic Register better suited to the summer months, if not quite appropriate for the beach...
...middleclass, the freeze movement has attracted followers from across the socioeconomic spectrum. So far, this has been a source of vitality and political strength. But with upwards of 100 organizations either participating in this weekend's rally or lending their support, divisions have inevitably begun to appear. Notably absent on June 12, for instance, will be representatives of the Washington, D.C.-based Ground Zero, which has done much to stir national concern over nuclear arms. Explains Founder Roger Molander: "We are trying to maintain our character as an educational organization, not a political organization or advocacy group...
...should demonstrate that he understands that Western Europe's relations with the U.S.S.R. are different and more complex. Even though the hand of the Soviet Union lies heavy on Warsaw, Prague and Leipzig, the historic feeling that regards Europe as a whole lives on and will never be absent from the policy of West Germany as long as it is a divided country...
...Chernenko, 70, took his usual place at Brezhnev's right side, indicating that he was still the heir apparent. On Brezhnev's left was another strong candidate, Grishin. Then came Prime Minister Nikolai Tikhonov, 76, Andropov and Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov, 73, who are all contenders. Conspicuously absent was Andrei Kirilenko, 75, the former No. 2 man in the Politburo, who is believed to be ill or in disfavor, and has not been seen for the past three months...