Word: eves
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...December of 1996, on the eve of its 130th anniversary, the Advocate, Harvard's oldest literary magazine, found itself in deep financial trouble...
...banner headline was 'Seven Indian Starters Poisoned on Eve of Game," he says. "I remember the subhead because I loved it so much: 'Candy ration proves toxic...
...they rushed toward a 54-year-old black-turbaned cleric, nearly crushing him as he mounted a podium inside a mosque. In the election campaign that began four weeks ago, Mohammed Khatami was a sensation. Surveys showed his support climbing from 13.9% to 20.2% to 52% on election eve. On Saturday, the reluctant candidate, who was once hounded out of the Iranian Cabinet by fellow clerics, handed the conservative theocracy a stunning upset. The moderate won 69.7% of the 29.7 million votes cast...
KINSHASA, Congo: On the eve of his swearing-in as President, Laurent Kabila's 'stability before democracy' prescription for rebuilding the new Congo continues to leave little room for dissent. In Kinshasa, armed soldiers broke up a crowd of about 1,000 opposition activists marching in defiant support of Etienne Tshisekedi, the former Prime Minister passed over by Kabila when he formed his new government last week. No injuries were reported, but some 50 who had been chanting "Kabila, assassin of Congo!" were detained after the army moved in. TIME's Marguerite Michaels notes that the relatively small turnout means...
...whole millennium thing is basically a hype," says Robert Halmi, who is producing a millennial extravaganza for abc and thus knows whereof he speaks. "But," Halmi continues, "just try to make a reservation for New Year's Eve 1999 at any of the landmark restaurants around the world. It's sold out. So obviously the hype works." In that spirit, ABC asked Halmi, the chairman of Hallmark Entertainment, to come up with something about "what the year 2000 means." A tough question, so Halmi has passed the buck to 10 of America's leading playwrights--John Guare, Larry Gelbart, David...