Word: eves
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Smokers start smoking for the same reason drinkers start drinking and for the same reason Adam and Eve took the proverbial apple from the Tree of Knowledge: the forbidden fruit is always the sweetest...
This time the Clinton Administration in effect told China and Taiwan to clean up their act or face sanctions, and a March deadline was set. On the eve of the Geneva sessions, Babbitt remained firm. "All the CITES members will be taking signals from this meeting," said the Interior Secretary. "There may not be another chance to save the tiger...
...pointed out that under current rules, finalgrades must be handed in within seven days of thefinal exam. This would leave teachers with "astack of papers on Christmas Eve," he said...
...doubt the Chinese would have preferred not to move against rights campaigners on the eve of Christopher's visit, but they went ahead anyway. The Secretary of State arrived in Beijing Friday night with an unequivocal message: China must improve its human-rights record or lose the low-tariff benefits of most-favored-nation trading status. President Bill Clinton had vowed that he would not renew MFN -- a boon that allowed China to roll up a $23 billion trade surplus with the U.S. last year -- if Beijing did not demonstrate tangible improvement by June, when the decision on extending...
...writing in response to the pending decision about allowing men to become voting members of the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS). We can't help but comment on the incredible timing of this issue. On the eve of Radcliffe's 100th anniversary, we wonder what we will really be celebrating under the big top this weekend...