Word: center
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Despite being handicapped by injuries incurred earlier in the day, which sidelined center fullback Sarah Fischer and right wing Julie Brynteson, the Crimson managed to dominate most of the first half of the crucial playoff as seemingly tireless striker Ellen Hart and Brynteson's replacement, Marsha Hamelin, spearheaded repeated thrusts into the Tufts penalty area...
...field, on a hunch that Flight 181's four-day odyssey was about to reach a climax. Reports Leroy: "We knew something was coming up at 1:30 a.m. when the Somali police pushed us to a corner of the airport right behind the first-aid center. Later, it happened: gunfire echoed through the darkness for several minutes - they seemed like hours - then silence...
...perhaps more important, because it eliminates a major source of antagonism between the U.S. and its southern neighbors. Notes the Buenos Aires Herald: "The Latin American left is clearly dismayed at the emergence of an agreement which may prove satisfactory to most Latin American opinion, ranging from the center left to the center right." If the Senate were to reject the pact, the Latin left would be able to say, "We told you so," and would probably gain adherents among disillusioned moderates. No right-winger in the U.S. is more fervent in his desire to see the treaty fail than...
...Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. A D.M.C. presence in the government will also dilute the influence of the ardently nationalistic religious parties, which, with 17 members, have heretofore held a pivotal place. Overall, the inclusion of the D.M.C. in the government will bring the coalition closer to the center of Israel's political spectrum...
...devise a way to resolve the issue. In Britain, for example, a reprocessing facility at Windscale on the Irish Sea is now the focus of a highly publicized government inquiry, following a still unexplained storage-tank leak last March. France's La Hague reprocessing plant has been a center of controversy almost from the time it was built in 1961. Critics charge that the aging plant is a catastrophe waiting to happen. Many areas of the plant that were once serviceable have become so radioactive that workers must wear heavy, protective suits. Moreover, the contamination is spreading throughout...