Word: depths
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cartagena, Colombia, to devise a strategy for getting concessions from the banks, most of them maintained a conciliatory tone and rejected the idea of a cartel. Said Chilean Economy Minister Modesto Collados: "Each country is different. To negotiate in a club makes no sense at all." But the depth of Latin restiveness could hardly be concealed. In his opening speech, President Betancur compared Latin America's financial burden to the crushing debt and reparations problems after World War I, which helped wreck the international economy in the 1930s and laid the foundation for World War II. Said...
...woman in this country has in-depth, firsthand knowledge of the presidency, it is Rosalynn Carter...
Bonica's grizzled features and no-nonsense bedside manner belie the depth of his feeling for the suffering. Recently, when talking of treating a woman in Saudi Arabia whose face had literally been eaten away by cancer, his eyes began welling with tears...
Jonathan F. McKeage, a graduate student and assistant curator of the collection, says that the collection is unmatched for its depth in that it is the only known example of a complete oral tradition being recorded. Scholars are gaining interest in the field because of its usefulness in finding the origins of other works which have their roots in the oral tradition. "The field is reaching full maturity only now," he says, adding, "parts of the Bible also conform to the oral pattern...
...Griffith Winthrop Sr. Cornell '32, lives in Connecticut and ventured to Red Top yesterday to cheer for Harvard, his daughter's son's and son-in-law's alma-mater. He predicted victory for the Crimson. "It's Harvard's year they've got the depth, they should win," Winthrop said. But when the varsity race got pushed back seven hours, the ex-oarsman abandoned ship...