Word: closely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...continues to lead the Ivy in scoring. Nick Ziadle (4-3--11) appears to be the only player who could catch Dechet on the last weekend, but Ziadle will need additional help from the Quaker defense to shut down the high-scoring Tiger when the two teams clash to close out the Ivy season...
Lawyer who has brokered thousands of prisoner exchanges. Though close to Honecker, he is by reputation a defender of freedom of travel who impresses Westerners with his acid criticisms of the East German system's rigidity. He has spoken out against the recent jailing of peaceful protesters...
...often goes unnoticed. But last week champagne flowed in Lausanne, Switzerland, and sighs of relief echoed around the world. Reason: delegates to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) voted to place the elephant, earth's largest land mammal, on the roll of animals that stand worrisomely close to the brink of extinction. That decision, supported by 76 nations and a legion of conservation and environmental groups, triggered a worldwide ban on the ivory trade. The hope is that it will bring an end to a decade of slaughter in which poachers have reduced Africa's once proud...
Afanasyev was dismissed under the guise of requesting a "transfer to scientific work." Named as his replacement was Ivan Frolov, 60, by no coincidence a close Gorbachev ally. Frolov has held academic and journalistic posts, in 1986 and 1987 as editor of the ideological journal Kommunist. His stewardship of that once stiffly orthodox publication was marked by the introduction of new voices, including some that have been prominent in the perestroika movement...
...first close-up look at a recently discovered trove of exquisite Assyrian jewelry that experts are calling the most significant archaeological find since King...