Word: brinkly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rare sign of hope in a land that has been shattered by religious factionalism. In no small measure, the meeting was occasioned by the reversal of fortunes that the Christians have recently suffered. With President Amin Gemayel's government on the brink of collapse, the religious leaders expressed fear that Christians would once again repair to their isolated enclaves and make national reconciliation even more difficult. Said former Prime Minister Amin Hafez, a Muslim: "After nine years of continuous conflict between the two sides, there are young Christian men who have never seen a Muslim...
Junior guard Bob Ferry almost took control, though, when he cut the Cornell lead to just three, 61-58 with just 2:13 left. His steal after a Carrabino bucket and the guard's subsequent free throws put Harvard on the brink of a magical comeback. But Cornell rallied right back, as it had done in similar situations all evening. Harvard could only watch as each Big Red free throw shooter extended history...
...Freshman year nobody thought we'd do anything either," recalls the left wing who has become as big a surprise as the one that finds himself the Crimson on the brink of its third straight trip to the post season play Busconi a penalty killing specialist on the redline has taken up the Crimson goal scoring burden of late lighting the little red lamp twice in each of last weekend's contests at Bright...
...country on the brink of democracy, the announcement came as a troubling surprise. Without any forewarning, a terse official statement last week announced that Panamanian Vice President Jorge Illueca, 65, had been sworn in as President. In a televised address an hour later, Illueca delivered a speech intended to assure the citizens he would make no changes in government policy. Yet why had President Ricardo de la Espriella, 48, resigned? Mysteriously, official newspapers later made no mention of the resignation...
...Iran was in a state of anarchy; the Khomeini regime, though officially in power, had very limited control over the country. The various political groups that had united to oust the Shah were in the midst of a power struggle that had taken the country to the brink of civil war. Khomeini shrewdly used the war to restore unity to the country by redefining the struggle between the two nations as a battle in the eternal war between good and evil forces. In short, the war picked up where the revolution had left off. Up to this day, the Khomeini...