Word: brinks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...senior--on the brink of being admitted into the company of educated men and women--and there are still things that even I do not understand. This worries me. I have very little time left to make amends before I will be forced into a pathetic little life of misery and sadness, during which my peers will mock me mercilessly at every opportunity. You can always count on peers for that...
...democracy. Since the overthrow of Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier in February 1986, the nation has been ruled by an army-dominated provisional government headed by Lieut. General Henri Namphy. The 22 months of military rule, though, have been a period of unrest, as the country stood on the brink of anarchy. In some areas law and order have virtually broken down, and an estimated 500 people have been killed in random and often gruesome violence. At the same time, the country was struggling with democratic procedures that were unfamiliar to Haitians after three decades of dictatorship by the Duvalier...
Thirty people die in London' s worst subway fire. -- Yugoslavia teeters on the brink of collapse. -- White South Africa turns "gray...
Until recently New York was a showpiece of urban success, and Koch was credited with leading the city back from the brink of bankruptcy in the mid- 1970s to new heights of prosperity. The jobs created during his ten years as mayor led to a record 3.6 million workers in the city. Manhattan reasserted itself as the dazzling hub of finance and the arts. Even Pope John Paul II gee-whizzed that New York was the "capital of the world...
Nearly two years after Aquino won her war of good against evil, the forces of darkness are again threatening to overwhelm the Philippines. Aquino's once unassailable hold on popular support is slowly slipping, and the country is on the brink of chaos. Though she has painstakingly restored democracy, she has not been able to usher in paradise. Instead, the threat of apocalypse hangs over the Philippines. As Aquino tries to rid the country of the corrupt legacy of Ferdinand Marcos, an increasing number of Filipinos fear that her government is running out of steam. "We expected decency in government...