Word: buffers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...modest. On a lot across from the Aware Woman Center for Choice, which performs abortions, two portable toilets sprouted. They were put there by Operation Rescue, the militant pro-life organization that had bought the property in part to demonstrate near the clinic without violating a court-ordered buffer zone. Soon, locals knew, video cameras would appear -- toted by nearly every actor in the coming passion play: pro-lifers and pro-choicers taping each other, police taping both and TV-news teams taping everybody. "There's probably more money spent on camera equipment than anything else," joked Melbourne police captain...
...tropospheric ozone levels, in the layer of the atmosphere extending from ground level to the stratosphere, act as a crucial buffer between the earth's surface and the rest of the atmosphere. It breaks down ozone-eating molecules before they reach the stratosphere, preventing them from destroying the vital ozone which protects us from...
...systematically enlarged the area they control. Now the Hun Sen government has taken matters into its own hands, retaking much of the lost territory in a large-scale military operation in the northern and western parts of the country. Hun Sen has offered to withdraw his troops behind a buffer zone that would be policed by U.N. troops. UNTAC officials declined; though the U.N. has the firepower, they'd rather supervise elections than try to stop the fighting...
HARVARD: Buffer 7-12 1-5 15, Proudfft 5-6 2-2 14, Cronk 0-2 0-2 0, Phillips 0-0 2-2 2, Reinhard 0-0 0-0 0, Maher 5-8 1-2 11, Frey 5-8 2-3 14, Crisers 2-2 0-0 4, McNamer 1-2 0-0 2, Flandermeyer 5-8 3-4 13, Gettleman 0-0 0-0 0. Total...
While balanced, Brown's defense will be suffering with the graduation of First Team All-American Mike Brewer. The Bears will look to senior defenders Tim Chase and hard-hitting Jamie O'Brien to buffer the loss. Chase, a Montreal Canadiens draft pick, led the team in goals with 19 last year...