Word: amid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Still, council members managed, amid the songs and jokes, to pass two measures to improve the quality and amount of public open space in Cambridge--and to approve $5,000 to buy 1,000 Thanksgiving turkeys for the poor...
...amid concerns that the FLA is too soft on industry, Harvard has also made a one-year deal with four other universities to coordinate sweatshop policies and monitoring systems. It has also hired an accounting and consulting firm, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, to conduct the oversight...
Many of Iraq's antiaircraft-missile batteries have been moved south to protect Baghdad and other sensitive sites, leaving ancient guns, and even rockets designed to kill tanks, to fire crudely at U.S. warplanes. Many guns and missiles still in the north have been placed in residential neighborhoods or amid historic ruins, where, the Iraqis know, Washington's sensitivities will keep U.S. bombs at bay. A handful of American planes are dropping some bombs crammed with concrete instead of explosives to minimize the chance of civilian casualties...
...model has devout believers. "I'm absolutely thrilled," comments James D. Robinson, who as CEO of American Express in the 1980s tried to marry banking, credit cards and other products with brokerage services in a financial supermarket. His plan dissolved amid corporate infighting and data-sharing nightmares that are now easily remedied with more powerful computers and better software. Another booster is Congressman Jim Leach, chairman of the House Banking Committee. He predicts that the bill will save consumers $15 billion a year in lower rates and fees...
...Stewart was ecstatic when Aaron caught a touchdown pass, which helped carry the team to a 14-8 victory. Aaron received the game ball. The night after Stewart's plane went down, Aaron was clutching it. "Mom, this is a very special ball because Dad saw me get it." Amid all the lingering questions of last week, the golfer's son had one of his own. He wanted to know if he could put the ball in a special place: his father's trophy case...