Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Gates and other in the department believe the time is right to begin to formulate a formal proposal for a graduate program, which could be in place...
...will still be a long time before any graduate students actually begin to take classes in the new program...
Since its birth, rock has produced a long string of guitar heroes, a list that would begin with Chuck Berry, continue on through Hendrix, Page and Eric Clapton, and include players of more recent vintage, like Eddie Van Halen and Living Colour's Vernon Reid--musicians celebrated for their sheer instrumental talent, their jazzman-like flair for expansive, showy (and sometimes self-indulgent) solos. But with the advent of alternative rock and grunge in the late '80s and early '90s, guitar heroism became uncool. Peter Buck of the influential rock band R.E.M. shies away from the exhibitionism of flashy solos...
There cannot be anyone left on this planet who is unaware that smoking is not a healthy activity [BUSINESS, Sept. 2]. The U.S. government now wants to declare nicotine a drug and begin a new drug war. Wars cost money. The media and the Food and Drug Administration use the word addicted as if people had no choice once that first pack of cigarettes is bought and smoked...
Since the military coup in July, Burundi has been under economic embargo, an attempt by its neighbors to force the rulers to restore the constitution and begin peace talks between the tribes. Three days after Ruhuna's death, military leader Major Pierre Buyoya lifted restrictions on the parliament and political parties. The constitution, however, remains suspended, and Buyoya is balking at talks with Hutu rebels. Meanwhile, Rome mourned the death of the man Pope John Paul II called a "generous minister of God." The pontiff will send Cardinal Jozef Tomko, head of the Vatican's office for missions, to celebrate...