Word: counts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ites, it will break apart like a watermelon dropped on the pavement." Not only did the Lebanese army perform creditably last week, but, more important, it did not split apart. For the first time in eight years, the Lebanese government had an army that it could count upon...
...York Times poll in June showed that only 8% knew which sides the U.S. supports in El Salvador and Nicaragua. The better informed were the more opposed to deeper involvement. Edward R. Tufte, a Yale professor of political science, concludes that since Viet Nam, Presidents can no longer count on uninformed loyalty: Reagan's problem is that he suffers from "uninformed skepticism and informed hostility," Yet Democratic presidential candidates are wary of this foreign policy issue, perhaps seeing themselves some day in the dock to answer, "Who lost Central America?" Tufte marvels that the Reaganites have successfully persuaded their...
While athletic department officials--as well as most of the facilities' users--count those two structures as well-schemed successes, neither project was without problems. Contractors worked throughout last summer to install enough seating to span the length of the 100-yard field, then scrambled to erect seats in the enclosed end of the stadium in time for The Game. "Before the Yale game, there was round-the-clock pressure to get the seats in." Athletic Director John P. Reardon Jr. '60 says. Construction workers did not complete the seating until the Tuesday before the Yale game...
Council members count as achievements the preservation of unlimited storage, the establishment of annual teaching awards, an open forum on the Ad Board, a forum on the Core Curriculum, and development of internal rules...
...directories, are becoming increasingly important in the campaign against child abuse. One is a hot line for parents who are losing control of their emotions and on the verge of harming a child; calling anonymously, they can talk their anger out with a sympathetic listener. "Hammer on a board, count to ten, do anything, but don't hit or touch the child," they are often advised. The other is a crisis center, where the child can be sent until the crisis at home subsides. Often parents and child can meet there in a comfortable neutral atmosphere and work...