Word: established
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...meet in Providence was the first race back for Captain Kelly Benke, who was injured. After a week of hard training. Benke did her best to establish a fast pace for the first half of the race, hoping that her teammates would be able to profit from her efforts. She dropped back from there, and her teammates...
...bones show that the hominids' carcasses were ravaged by carnivores. That makes it hard for anyone to be sure what these creatures looked like and how they walked. The fossils suggest that at least some members of the ramidus clan were about 4 ft. tall, but that doesn't establish what the range in height was. In some African apes, males are considerably bigger than females, as they were in Lucy's species as well. Says White: "We do know the arm bones come from an individual that was larger than Lucy, but we don't know...
...work of former President Carter, Senator Sam Nunn and retired General Colin Powell. All along, Bill Clinton had intended to deliver an ultimatum: the military dictators had to step down or an invasion would follow at once. But two months before, Carter on his own had been trying to establish contact with Cedras, consulting with Congressman Bill Richardson, who had just been to see the Haitian leaders. Meanwhile, Cedras had been trying to find an American intermediary to step in and negotiate a settlement with Washington. As an invasion date loomed, Carter went so far as to recruit Powell...
...first day or two it was far from certain they would be able to do the job. The Americans were unprepared for the kind of arrival that was negotiated for them at the final hour. They stalled temporarily, confused by their rules of engagement and their orders to establish general security without becoming street cops. As a result, they could only look on in frustration as the capital's security forces viciously attacked pro-Aristide crowds gathered to watch the Americans arrive. The liberators seemed to have become collaborators...
Nevertheless, giving volunteers a more rewarding experience is low on the Faculty's priority list. They are wary of the "touchy" and "feely." Previous attempts by esteemed teachers such as Coles, Wiener Professor of Public Policy David T. Ellwood, and Wiener Professor of Social Policy Mary Jo Bain to establish a core class that includes public service have been rejected for lacking the academic rigor appropriate to a course at Harvard...