Word: facing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year ago, during the first presidential candidates' debate, Bush had said, "I want to be the one to banish chemical and biological weapons from the face of the earth." The United States has in the past accused the Soviets of developing biological weapons...
While teams which visit Harvard face the unenviable challenge of navigating Harvard Square traffic, the Crimson was shuttled straight to its hotel door...
...while the class may be cumbersome, many of the sophomores who have yet to fulfill the requirement said they have developed a sense of camaraderie in the face of an increasingly bothersome obstacle...
...strangely imperturbable menace. Searching for his son, Ngubene is also arrested; father and boy are tortured and then murdered in prison. And because Du Toit continues to seek justice on their behalf, he is himself victimized by state terror that is the more frightening because of the bland face with which it covers its institutionalized psychopathy. Du Toit is subjected to steadily escalating harassment. Eventually he loses his job and his wife (Janet Suzman in a good, dour performance), and he must deal with the fact that his daughter is willing to betray him to the police...
Campeau has created a vicious cycle in his stores. After losing a combined total of $306 million during the first half of 1989, Allied and Federated face a cash crunch just when they must stock up for the holiday shopping season. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing made public last week, Allied said its "needs are far greater than its resources...