Word: facing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...follow her quickly back to the entrance, and just as the salespeople's sigh of relief becomes almost audible, she turns around abruptly to face the rest of the store and explains: "Whenever you enter a store, you instinctively go to the right. I don't know why, I didn't realize it myself until I read it somewhere. But for some reason people always go right...
...Crimson, meanwhile, travels to Providence this Saturday to face the Brown Bears. Harvard will try to clinch sole possession the Ivy title and make a forceful statement before entering the 48-team NCAA Tournament...
Several councillors have said it is time for a new face to take the helm of Cambridge's municipal bureaucracy. The City Council has the power to make this change by deciding not to extend his contract in Fall...
...President Clinton had hoped that a new face in the Kremlin might help quell the United States' disquiet over the Chechnyan situation, he was to be disappointed. The President met with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Oslo on Tuesday, urging the former KGB colonel to go easy on the rebel republic - and was met with a resounding "nyet." Putin simply emphasized that Chechnya was an internal fight against terrorism, and shouldn't impinge on U.S.-Russian relations. Despite appearances, however, Putin, may not be the man in charge of the Chechnya campaign. "The generals have reemerged as a serious force...
Despite Putin's tough talk, Oslo was not good for Moscow's new boy on the block. "In Russia he's perceived to have lost face because of Clinton's strong words on Chechnya," says Meier. "More important, Moscow was cut out of the all-important discussions in Oslo on the Middle East peace process. So while Chechnya has boosted his claims as a tough disciplinarian who can do the job at home, Russians are starting to doubt whether he can cut it as an international statesman." And that's a fact that hasn't escaped Boris Yeltsin, who returned...