Word: donee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard class of 1992 has done to matriculation what the 1927 Yankees did to baseball--broke all the records...
...increase global security by redistributing part of its wealth. "Economic aid is security aid," concurs Gaston Sigur, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The giving also reflects a Japanese effort to make up for past omissions. "We do believe that we have not done enough over the years," says Ryuichiro Yamazaki, a Foreign Ministry official. Of course, like most aid donors, Japan does well by doing good: people with money in their pockets will spend it on their products...
...Angeles even the ultimate title can seem a mere thing. The Lakers won the N.B.A. championship in 1980, 1982, 1985 and last season, but repeating consecutively had become the hobgoblin of the industry. Not even the Boston Celtics had done it in 19 years. For the Lakers, the chance to regard themselves as the Celtics, the Green Bay Packers and the New York Yankees came down to a seventh game, their third of the spring...
While polls show that most liberal Protestants still favor a virtually unlimited right to abortion, many are alarmed by the high count of women who exercise that right. "People in general don't want the opportunity for abortion taken away, but something has to be done when you see the numbers," says Scott Evans, a member of the Episcopal Church's executive council. In addition, Protestants have yet to provide a prochoice theology that is convincing to churchgoers...
...about A.B.C.'s affiliation with the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights eventually led the Baptists to withdraw from the lobby in 1986. A.B.C. leaders hope their new statement can help other denominations trying to reach the elusive compromise that will appease both sides. "They said it couldn't be done; it would blow us out of the water," says Gloria Marshall, who chaired the American Baptist task force that produced the compromise. "Now it's a model for other denominations on how to work together...