Word: brokenly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...London. Aboard the aircraft was a tarpaulin-swathed shipment of nuclear-tipped Tomahawk cruise missiles, the first of 41 nuclear weapons systems that are scheduled to be placed in Britain, Italy and West Germany by the end of the year. Word of the shipment's arrival was broken by British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine, who made the announcement in the House of Commons to choruses of "Hear, hear!" from his Conservative Party colleagues and cries of "Shame!" from opposition Labor Party benches...
...SOVIETS, of course, have been equally intransigent. Poland and Afghanistan were clearly expansionist moves despite all of Pravda's explanations to the contrary. The Soviet nostalgia over 50 years of relations, remembering American Soviet relations as years of American perniciousness broken only by Presidents Kennedy and Roosevelt is only a slightly less reasonable form of illusion-making than arguments about who is more committed to peace. Moreover, the repressive Soviet regime promises little for an intelligent Soviet approach to the issues of diplomacy, since Soviet leaders practice an equal level of outrageous posturing with their own citizens and with...
This is the second time Gantt, 40, has stood as a symbol of racial progress. Twenty years ago, the color barrier was peacefully broken at South Carolina's Clemson University when he became the first black student. A practicing architect with a master's degree in city planning from M.I.T., he served on the Charlotte city council, leading a drive to revitalize Charlotte's inner city. "Businessmen are attracted to Harvey's intellect," says Banker Hugh McColl Jr., who plays tennis on Gantt's own court. "He's no firebrand. He's very...
...theoretical reason why CS 10 and CS 11 should not be included in the Core, the reasons for which this has not been done are primarily logistical Modular algorithmic thinking is a concept which can be applied easily to solving any scientific or humanistic problem. A huge problem is broken down into smaller problems, which are in turn broken down into tiny problems, which theoretically solve themselves. Instead of examining isolated events or phenomena as part of a general trend or linking them as illustrations of a broader theory as the Humanities and Social Sciences do Computer Science teaches students...
...just 15 points in its last two outings. The 5-ft., 10-in, 185-pounder completed 12 of 19 passes for 143 yards and a touchdown as Harvard nipped the Tigers, 28-26. He also ran for 87 yards on 17 carries, including a 47-yard touchdown off a broken play...