Word: felted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...United States for service in El Salvador." Having been following developments in the region closely, I had to take a deep breath at the prospect of spending my weekend on the way to boot camp. Although everyone assured me that the notice wasn't real, I still felt compelled to call Senator Kerry's office to make sure--after all, no one wants to take any chances when it comes to the draft. What I found out when I called the senator's office was that almost 100 other people who received the notices had also been sufficiently alarmed...
...isolate themselves by gender but prefer to work with men. When Sarah Calian, a senior at Brown University, went to hear Yard lecture on campus, she could not connect. Though Calian brims with ambitions for a major career and her first child by 35, she says, "I never felt so not a part of something. I don't know who she was talking...
...islands that felt the storm's full force, the recovery is testimony to luck, resilience and private initiative. Among the few places with electric generators and food supplies, many hotels offered meals, showers and beds to the homeless and to relief workers who had come to help. Four Seasons Hotels sent 27 tons of food, medicine, clothing and chain saws to Nevis, where its new property is still under construction. Cruise ships in St. Thomas ferried stranded tourists out and supplies in. Despite about $10 million in damage, the luxury Virgin Grand resort on St. John was turned into...
Several disciplined students said they felt inhibited from criticizing the Board because of a policy requiring senior tutors to summarize the hearings for a student's permanent record, Ryan said. These students feared tutors would present their case unfavorably if criticized...
What is relevant is that Israeli policy makers are often faced with a choice between evils. They have felt that the evils of a military occupation (and it is necessarily evil, despite everything Israel has done to soften it) are preferable to the evils of what a high-ranking member of the PLO introduced within tht past decade as a "policy of stages" toward the destruction of Israel...