Word: bereft
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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True fans tend to be both disgusted and bereft at their sudden cultural deprivation. Sportswriter Maury Allen of the New York Post says sadly: "There's a tremendous emptiness without baseball. Its absence creates a big void, and nothing, I mean nothing, can replace it." Americans are trying, of course. Former Texas Congressman Bob Casey, an Astros fan, is using his baseball time to burrow into a novel the size of a steamer trunk, Shogun. What are the stats on a samurai? Attorney Jim Murphy, who normally attends about 75% of Houston's home games, has found...
...nation's constitution calls for elections within six months, but with Zia's majority Bangladesh Nationalist Party now bereft of a strong leader and the 29 opposition parties fragmented and fractious, the fate of civilian rule seemed to depend on who flexes the biggest muscles. For the moment at least, the military's guns were supporting the government...
That plan was directed mostly at Syracuse's two tallest players, 5'11" forward Kim Dick and 6-ft. center Maryann Mogish. But Harvard's 6-ft. center Elaine Holpuch and sophomore Nancy Boutilier were both sidelined with ankle injuries, leaving the squad bereft of Holpuch's rebounding talents and Boutilier's consistent dumps from the outside...
...predictably be shot through with mythology. Once again, the states rights catch phrase is being heard. But the Constitution assigns rights only to individuals, none to the states, which are granted only residual powers by the Tenth Amendment. It is argued that the Federal Government has left the states bereft of revenues. In fact, state taxing powers are limited only by their own constitutions, and presumably with popular approval...
...m.p.g. Mini Metro model being introduced this summer. The droop nose helps save gas by reducing aerodynamic drag, but the real secret behind the experimental ECV lies underneath-a novel three-cylinder engine. The ECV body, about the size of a Ford Pinto, is bantam weight. Bereft of bumpers and stripped of all interior furnishings except for the drivers seat, the test car tips the scales at 1,320 lbs. The body is constructed largely of lightweight aluminum and plastic. The windows are made of Perspex, a plastic that is lighter than glass...