Word: continental
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Only the Ivy League, Big Ten and Mid-Continent conferences give their automatic berths to their regular-season champions.
For Ndiaye and the 13 other African students, Harvard College can be lonely and frustrating. Although the continent has more than 30 countries, Westerners tend to lump all of them, from Angola to Zimbabwe into one cultural mass. African students say they sometimes face blatant ignorance of their home countries...
But President Arias, no less than President Ortega, is necessarily a creature of his time and place. His northern neighbor is run by committed Leninists with announced plans for a 600,000-man military. As the President of an unarmed country whose ultimate protector, the United States, has proved itself...
On the other side of the continent, Kalif Beacon, 45, has set up his Temple of the Rainbow Food Kitchen in an empty lot on Manhattan's run-down Lower East Side. Beacon, who is homeless himself and wears a stovepipe hat that makes him look like a character out...
Cruising has developed a new identity and allure. The ocean liner, no longer just a vehicle for getting from one continent to another and eating well along the way, has evolved into a floating amusement park, health spa and classroom. The ships, and the trips, are increasingly designed to suit...