Word: divisionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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No major college (Division I-A or I-AA) team has ever lost that many games in a row. Northwestern holds the old record of 34, but that was a poor team in a strong conference (the Big Ten).
The Binder twins represent a rare natural anomaly. Siamese twins, who usually die at or before birth, occur in only one out of 100,000 deliveries, the result of an incomplete division of the fertilized egg in forming identical twins. Only one out of every 2 million births produces twins...
That was the main conclusion of a study released last week analyzing the various factors involved in why American men earn more than women. The good news is that the average earnings of women who work full time were up, to 70% of men's wages in 1986. In 1979...
Indeed, some West Europeans believe the Honecker visit will actually cement the political division of Germany. Says Walter Schutze, director of Franco- German studies at France's Institute for International Relations: "It will be the consecration of Honecker as an independent leader." Furthermore, many of the several million Germans who...
The special operations division, meanwhile, was getting into even deeper trouble. The source was Yellow Fruit, which had been assigned to keep watch over the other special operations units to make sure they preserved secrecy. In 1983 two of the unit's officers complained that their commander, Lieut. Colonel Dale...