Word: beset
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...beset with enough problems on its football team, Yale University itself is going through turbulent times lately...
...stakes are high. Russia is the key to the stability of the entire former Soviet Union, a region already beset by numerous ethnic conflicts. Russia is also the owner of thousands of nuclear warheads, weapons that could easily slip into the wrong hands under an unstable or desperate government...
...administration has cited a"multiplicity of problems" that prompted thedecision to transform the department, but deanshave not been clear on what "problems" beset thedepartment...
...Beset with the reality of an expensive health care system that fails to cover 37 million Americans, experts at Harvard and elsewhere are looking to Clinton's plan with a glint of hope--but also a sea of worries...
That was great, but that was then. The Vortex is all but history. And the aerospace industry, beset by peace and recession, has not brought out any dark-of-the-moon materials in the last couple of years. High-impact modulus- polymer-visco-graphite is just as good as it ever was, but the new has worn off. This year's Prince entry in the country-club weapons race is called the Extender. Made of graphite and liquid crystal polymer, the Extender is bigger than the usual big-head (116 sq. in. vs. 110), and its oval shape is supposed...