Word: firmest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...LONG DISTANCES Above 400 meters, Africans take over. Maria Mutola of Mozambique is expected to dominate the women's 800, and possibly the 1,500, where she'll face defending champion Hassiba Boulmerka of Algeria. Boulmerka's countryman and fellow 1,500 runner, Noureddine Morceli, may be the firmest favorite in any track event, with the possible exception of Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie, world-record holder in the 5,000 and 10,000, or Kenya's Moses Kiptanui, who owns the six fastest marks in the steeplechase. The heat and humidity will open up the marathons, although Spain's world...
McArthur assumed his post at a time when HBS was removed from the center of managerial life, a tower of theory without the firmest grounding in practice. HBS also lacked solid financial backing and had a deteriorating infrastructure. McArthur rescued the school from its impending crises and, over a period of 15 years, made it stronger than ever--the idyllic jewel of Harvard's many campuses...
...upper-class white racism, introduced on our campuses by upper-class white kids at Dartmouth College through The Dartmouth Review and brought to Harvard by The Harvard Salient which is now joined by Peninsula magazine, must be put on notice in the firmest language that its viciousness toward Black people will not be tolerated...
...local boy who arrives back in town after 13 years well informed about environmental woes. Not only the sisters but also the father and his friend Harold fall victim to the poisoned land. Blinded by anhydrous ammonia, Harold and his fate "got in everywhere, into the solidest relationships, the firmest beliefs, the strongest loyalties, the most deeply held convictions you had about the people you had known most of your life...
...nation clearly is on the firmest ground when they are defending their own people," said Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas...