Word: amide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mule deer, mountain goats, bald eagles and three-toed woodpeckers are naturally at home among the stately firs, hemlocks, cedars and redwoods in the "old growth" forests of the Pacific Northwest. So are goshawks, flying squirrels and red tree voles. But amid this Noah's ark of creatures, none is so influential as a dark-eyed bird with a doglike bark and a yen for mice -- the northern spotted...
...Amid calls from some anti-ROTC activists for votes to recall council members who supported the resolution and semi-serious suggestions of another siege of University Hall, the council is gearing up to reconsider its ROTC resolution. The body will vote tomorrow whether to modify it, repeal it or keep it intact...
...amid the council's resounding approval of the measure, committee members offered conflicting stories on how the resolution was introduced, and on what role--if any--Harvard administrators played in planning the resolution...
...derided by his fellow Mexicans as "El Chaparro" (Shorty) and "El Pelon de las Orejas" (Baldy with Big Ears), Salinas, 41, was considered an unlikely presidential candidate even by many members of his own Institutional Revolutionary Party (P.R.I.). When he was elected with 50.7% of the vote last July amid charges of ballot fraud, it became evident that the P.R.I., which has ruled Mexico for 60 years, had lost its grip on the country. By striking forcefully at targets like Felix Gallardo, Salinas has boosted his prestige and consolidated his hold on the presidency. "If President Salinas won by just...
HIGH HOPES. A dotty old woman fights to keep her home amid the crush of gentrification. Working with a cast that has helped improvise its roles, British director Mike Leigh creates a group portrait of characters who live, breathe and squawk their wayward humanity on the margins of Thatcher's England...