Word: collectivities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...facility will house research projects which include creating substances with increased durability, developing thin inorganic films to collect solar energy, establishing techniques for refining petroleum and creating a metallic form of hydrogen...
Commenting on the State Department's evidence, Meselson said in an interview following the press conference: "They have a lot of evidence, but it is of low quality... They start with a hypothesis, and then they try to collect things that agree with their hypothesis...
...made it clear that the government of President Fernando Belaúnde Terry was taking the 24-hour general strike very seriously. Early Thursday morning, police pointed their shotguns at drivers of trucks with space available who tried to ignore workers seeking rides. Youths who were spotted trying to collect rocks or debris were chased, beaten with nightsticks and sometimes shoved into police vans. Jorge del Prado, 73, a senator and leader of the Peruvian Communist Party, was struck in the chest by a tear-gas canister fired at close range. Despite the numerous clashes around the country however...
...York, Mondale's campaign chairman, William Hennessy admits he is under orders from national headquarters to hold down expenses for the crucial primary, now two weeks off. Since Hart has spent only $3.2 million so far, he is effectively free to shell out all the money he can collect. The cash is rolling in in the wake of his triumphs since New Hampshire. Advisers claim his finance committee took in nearly $1 million in pledges last Tuesday alone. Says Ronald Shelp, a Hart supporter who runs a New York consulting firm: "Three months ago, I invited 500 people...
...Collecting took another three painful years. Kevin White, who was mayor at the time, insisted that it was up to the police department to pay Mrs. Bowden. Commissioner Joseph Jordan refused, arguing lack of funds. When O'Donnell attempted to collect directly from the officers involved, the police force threatened to strike. Only after a book by O'Donnell's son Lawrence Jr. revived public indignation, and all eight mayoral candidates promised to pay the debt, did Mrs. Bowden get justice...