Word: faintly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exactly, although there were similarities. The church was in Richardson, a Dallas suburb, and the congregation (the place was packed) was white, black, Mexican, Oriental, well dressed and not. Small children stretched out on the benches and worked on coloring books. The women wore only faint touches of makeup. At 6 p.m., the temperature was still 108°. "I know it's hot in here," said the minister, standing before a huge gold cross, "but let's just worship the Lord and forget about...
...private U.S. religious, political and relief organizations. Within the next few weeks, Bermúdez said, he intends to move the F.D.N.'s command structure into Nicaragua from its long-established sanctuaries in Honduras. Bermúdez also threatened to carry out attacks against unspecified Nicaraguan cities. The faint prospect of peace might be blowing in the wind at Manzanillo, but in the Nicaraguan countryside, the air was still heavy with the fumes of war. -By George Russell...
...civilian job market of past years, the proportion of high school graduates in the Army worldwide has increased from 55% to 93% since the late 1970s. Officers report that the new enlistee is also better motivated, especially when it comes to assignments like West Germany with the potential, however faint, for combat. Says General Robert L. Wetzel, commander of the V Corps, U.S. Army Europe: "We can now afford to take the cream of enlistees...
Murmurs of Italian, English, French and German rose from the audience, filling the faint empty echo left by the absent Soviets, Hungarians, Poles and Bulgarians. Roars, shouts and groans were punctuated by the supplications, gestures of profound disbelief and uniquely affecting howls of "Aaaoowww!" from the fencers. "The players always assume their roles," explained Robert Blum, a New York lawyer who fenced on two Olympic teams. "As with all sports, fencing is a mode of communication. The fencers are telling us something about themselves." As Mathias Gey of West Germany was eliminated, he sank to his knees, crouched in defeat...
...this way." Granny went round by the aisle, and people stood up to let her in. Well into the show, when Dentist Tucker as Father Martin emoted an illness the script saddled him with, Granny said, "I don't get it. Last year Father Martin fainted. This year he just blacks out. It was better having him faint...