Word: concerns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...masters Bill and Mary Bossert make a noticeable effort to maintain close contact with house residents. They host weekly teas in their home, throw parties for each class, and hold frequent office hours. The Bosserts show a great concern for our comfort and well-being...
...Because it is taken for granted that students are primarily interested in sports, that this is a major, perhaps the major concern of undergraduates...
...Washington, the guerrillas' apparent determination to keep fighting has only compounded continuing U.S. concern about any deal whatsoever between the Philippine government and the Communists. "We are very skeptical about the N.P.A.'s sincerity," said a State Department official. On the whole, the Reagan Administration was relieved that Aquino's interim constitution brought an end to weeks of deliberation, but remained anxious about the problems ahead. "Mrs. Aquino was able to sweep aside the vestiges of Marcos' structure with a pen," observed a State Department official, "but how things get done is not yet clear...
...sure, the battle of Sidra will be, at most, a footnote in the annals of naval engagements. Trafalgar or Midway it was not. And the helicopters whirring toward the battle zone in Honduras were not transporting American troops. Even the symbolism was curiously muted by partial pretexts --about concern for freedom of the seas and Honduran sovereignty--that served to blur the true aims of the actions. Nevertheless, in the wake of American-aided democratic triumphs in Haiti and the Philippines, the Administration last week was clearly feeling confident, seeking to show once again that the U.S. is willing...
Some students viewed the deaths with concern, others with callousness. Said Jimmy Hain, 21, of Farmingdale, (N.Y.), Community College: "Either stay on the first floor or get a parachute. I always pass out before I get that crazy." But the resorts are trying to restrain the sprees with stiffer law enforcement. Florida is raising its drinking age from 19 to 21, and Fort Lauderdale now prohibits open containers of booze in cars or alongside A1A. Still, the law and the weather did not always work well together. Heavy rains kept some vacationers inside hotels and motels, where maximum-capacity regulations...