Word: behind
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...February 4, the Tigers recorded an 8-1 win over Harvard at Princeton, bringing the Crimson's 72-match winning streak to a crashing halt. The streak ranks as the second-longest run of consecutive victories in collegiate athletic history, right behind the UCLA men's basketball team's 88-game streak in the 1970s...
...flight. Hundreds of vacationers missed connections with Florida cruises because flights south were canceled. Hundreds of thousands of airline customers were left holding some $250 million worth of prepaid Eastern tickets. In order to get refunds, those who paid in cash will have to queue up behind Eastern's secured creditors and wait as long as a year...
...simply have different opinions, different points of view on certain questions of tactics. Well, of course, I think he is more conservative, if not to say outright conservative, to put it simply. That is why I think this complicates the process of perestroika. There are, however, some forces behind him. They cannot be defined; they are not organized; you can't identify them as Ivanov or Petrov, but they exist. Not to the extent of representing an opposition to Gorbachev, but a slowing-down factor...
...could conceivably conquer diseases, improve upon his natural abilities and perhaps even control his own destiny. But just because miracles might someday be possible does not necessarily mean that they should all be performed. The tools of molecular biology have enormous potential for both good and evil. Lurking behind every genetic dream come true is a possible Brave New World nightmare. After all, it is the DNA of human beings that might be tampered with, not some string bean or laboratory mouse. To unlock the secrets hidden in the chromosomes of human cells is to open up a host...
...Jalalabad falls, can Kabul be far behind?" say the Afghans. But for the mujahedin forces, capturing Afghanistan's third largest city is proving tougher than expected. Last week the rebels confidently predicted they would take Jalalabad within a week. But after five days of fierce fighting, the Soviet-backed Kabul regime was showing no sign of surrendering. A victory for the rebels would give them an important boost in political credibility. On the other hand, if government forces can hold Jalalabad, they will deal a serious psychological blow to their enemies...