Word: factly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...browse through possible food relief programs in Africa. Despite the fact that I'd have to pay half my tuition to experience the toils, to live on the edge, to test my limits of compassion and public service, I'd also need to write five essays proving "Why are relief programs in Africa necessary...
...type who thrives on insomnia. In fact, I need at least 10 hours of sleep each night to be the charming, intelligent, thoughtful boy my mother loves. Over the last month, I've been irritable, grouchy, insensitive and mean. I've been ostracized by my friends in dining halls and spurned in the classroom. I did get punched by three final clubs, however...
...bombers. Though the first operational test last week of a Trident II missile resulted in a spectacular pinwheeling explosion, that failure was at worst a temporary setback for a weapon that will give the U.S. a sea-based silo-killing capability for the first time. In fact, it is the Soviet Union, not the U.S., that has a real problem with the survivability of its nuclear forces, since as many as 55% of its warheads are concentrated in vulnerable land-based silos. That explains why Moscow has developed the rail- mobile SS-24, which carries ten warheads, and the truck...
Most Democrats expect anything but courtesy from Gingrich. In fact, they view his combativeness as a potential plus. "Newt probably unites the Democratic Party more than any other single Republican," said House Majority Whip Tony Coelho of California. If Gingrich lives up to his loose-cannon reputation, he could further hinder the President's crusade for congressional bipartisanship. Of course, if Gingrich has his way, there will not be a Democratic majority in the House for long. "Newt wakes up in the morning, and < the first thing he thinks about is how to become the majority party," says Charles Black...
...aircraft had fired the missile. Prime Minister Ciriaco De Mita launched a separate inquiry to examine the possibility that non-Italian forces were to blame, although NATO officials, the U.S. and France have said that their aircraft could not have been involved. Zanone's cautious denial, coupled with the fact that key evidence has already been destroyed, prompted press speculation that a government cover-up may have taken place. Commented the Rome daily Il Messaggero: "It's no certainty that we will ever know who did it, but it is certain that there was an air chase." Someone, the newspaper...