Word: faintly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fully understood how far the Syrians were willing to go to get their way. Shultz never showed the requisite leadership to stop the steamroll of events, and, in that sense, deserves to be faulted for the loss of the U.S.'s strategic and moral stature. Now, as the first faint cries for his resignation are heard, the heretofore "cool teamplayer" is starting to flail at Congress on Central American policy. A drum beat of Foggy Bottom corridor criticism of the secretary is starting to creep into the papers. This guy may not be so cool after...
...Cornell's 76-67 upset win over Harvard before the biggest-ever crowd at Briggs Athletic Center (2850) left the Crimson with only faint hopes in its quest for that elusive Ivy title...
...never know what's going to happen," Harvard Coach Frank McLaughlin said just moments after last night's loss, stilt clinging to that faint hope...
...toward the safest place in the apartment: a 6-ft.-long bathroom, away from any windows. As we huddled there, the clatter of M-16s and Kalashnikovs echoed off the walls of neighboring buildings. Now and then we would crawl on all fours to a window. Below us, the faint shadows of militiamen moved in the gathering darkness. Perhaps a mile out to sea, a U.S. Navy ship cruised past, a gray wolf on a gray sea beneath a hazy gray...
...Last week the Soviets retaliated with similar allegations, including the claim that the U.S. was building an ABM radar system of its own. Arms-control experts said the charges were actually quite moderate. Indeed, in the looking-glass world of nuclear negotiations, the muted accusations were seen as a faint signal that both sides wanted to get some form of arms-control talks going...