Word: banners
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same moment, another group seated on the balcony unfurled a long white banner with the words "37 Years of Family Values, 0 Years of Truth." Thirty-seven years refers to Mansfield's tenure at Harvard, according to a group member...
...friendly planes. Using a mouse, he can manipulate the video to look at the threat from any angle. The computer recommends the targets he should attack and even keeps watch on the skies when he's away from the screen. If the computer detects a threat, an "alert banner" that looks like a stock ticker above the screen flashes and tells the aide on duty, CALL THE ADMIRAL...
...death, they argue, he will be the first American since Ethel and Julius Rosenberg to be executed for his political beliefs. Detractors, on the other hand, have sought to silence him temporarily--and permanently. After his book came out, Faulkner's widow hired a plane to fly a banner proclaiming that publisher "Addison-Wesley supports convicted cop killer." The Fraternal Order of Police, meanwhile, has lobbied actively for Abu-Jamal's death...
...Miss Universe contest has no math component. Perhaps that's why the beauty pageant became embroiled in an ugly fight that has Miss Washington, STACI BALDWIN, suing to keep her banner and tiara. Baldwin was asked to return them when officials discovered that by next February she will be 27, too old for the Miss USA contest (and way too mature to be Miss Universe). Baldwin, whose birth date on her registration form was apparently overlooked, is taking the matter to a different sort of judging contest: court. "The pageant is an important opportunity for an aspiring actress," says Baldwin...
What that means is that like Harvard men's squash, domination will be the word again--at least for the near future. While other sports at Harvard struggle, squash keeps humming along and along. 1994-1995 was a banner year (as usual), and Harvard sports fans better leave more room on the wall...