Word: dark
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Reverend Jesse L. Jackson once claimed that he held the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'s head as he was dying, and that the blood from King's wounded body made a dark smear on his clothing...
...waiter raised his eyebrows when I ordered chicken vindaloo and insisted that we wanted it hot. He demurred a little, voicing the fear that Americans couldn't handle the spicing, but then reluctantly acquiesced. The dish came as advertised, a dark brick red from the roasted chilies and very hot. Indian hot is fascinating, not hitting the top of the palate quite as directly as, say, Mexican heat, but sneaking in somehow on the oil in the dish. You take a bite and another, and then suddenly the heat rolls in, causing a grab for the water glass. I liked...
James went outside several times to talk to hesitant supporters on the lawn--the crowd outside had swelled to thousands of activists and curious onlookers. He also left to buy food for the students, clambering over the gate after dark to avoid the barricades. Elizabeth stayed in the Faculty Room meet- ing all afternoon...
...events are still meaningful forus and those are the values we still live by,"Fink said. "We did not come here for nostalgia."Crimson File PhotosA CAMPUS CONVULSED:Students gather inthe Yard (left), A photographer leaning out of aUniversity Hall window (below) captures policemassing to enter the building. The dark splotcheson the concrete are blood stains from injuredstudents...
...Administration fumbled the case of Wen Ho Lee too. The report doesn't name him, to keep the ongoing investigation dark. But he is the Los Alamos scientist suspected of divulging the sensitive data on the ultracompact W-88 warhead, revealed in 1995. It was not until mid-1996 that the FBI began to ask discreet questions and 1997 when agents went to the Justice Department for permission to search his computer and tap his phone. In 1997, Justice blocked FBI attempts to search Lee's computer, citing a lack of probable cause. The FBI asked again; Justice said...