Word: broads
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this time, Iraq has not invaded a neighboring state. This time, there is no broad-based international coalition backing the American effort; France, China and Russia have all opposed bombing Iraq, with Boris Yeltsin suggesting such action could lead to a Third World War. This time, there is no clear objective behind a military attack; even President Clinton has acknowledged that after a military offensive, Iraq would maintain some chemical weapons and the capacity to produce more, and Saddam Hussein would almost surely remain in power. And this time, popular opinion on an attack is divided, as was made clear...
...from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kowloon, at the far side of Victoria Harbor, where a three-year-old boy had been admitted with what turned out to be a fatal respiratory illness. Her lab quickly determined that the infectious agent was some type of Influenza A, one of two broad classes of flu virus that commonly affect humans. To identify the specific strain or subtype, the lab tested the sample, using reagents distributed by the World Health Organization. The test kits triggered no response...
Although "biblical death penalties," "medieval best-sellers," and "word origins" were some of his strongest categories, a broad base of general knowledge was what helped him the most, Melia said...
...undergraduate Orthodox community, creates an imprecise image of Orthodox Jewish life at Harvard. The undergraduate Orthodox Jewish community comprises a vibrant group of upstanding, creative and open-minded students. It constitutes a valuable subset of the wider Jewish community and is intimately involved in Hillel's activities and broad goals...
...unanimously behind a College administration which they continue to perceive as at best distanced and at worst unconcerned with student welfare. And "pragmatism" demonstrates its emptiness if it means ideological and practical vacuity rather than a renewed commitment to engaging a very astute audience, the Harvard community, with the broad vision of a progressive agenda...