Word: flare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There was no immediate danger of a war between the two countries, but the flare-up was yet another sign of the tense atmosphere in a region that is increasingly aboil with Marxist guerrilla activity. The aims, ambitions and military preparations of the Sandinista regime worry Washington and Nicaragua's neighbors. Says Lieut. General Wallace Nutting, head of the Panama-based U.S. Southern Command: "All of a sudden, Nicaragua has become a military base of substantive potential. It's a whole new universe...
Polsinello's passing made the Harvard secondary--usually among the strongest aspects of the Harvard defense--look almost helpless. Dartmouth flanker Shaun Teevens and split end Jack Daly frequently beat Harvard cornerbacks Rocky Delgadillo and Chris Myers on sideline and flare patterns...
...members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in one room and give them a controversial issue like affirmative action to discuss. You'd expect to witness an intellectual discussion of the first magnitude, to see tempers flare, to hear compelling, well-supported arguments. You'd expect a subject like affirmative action to spark a heated debate reminiscent of the contentious Faculty meetings of the 1960s...
...think prospective candidates do know about it," Rubin Alvero, head of minority recruiting, says. Alvero notes that the number of Black applications rose significantly (from 664 to 751) last year. But he and other officials also point out that nationwide publicity of the Klitgaard report did not really flare up last fall until after most people had applied and until after the admissions officers' travelling season (which ends around Thanksgiving...
...wasn't until he reached sixth grade, really, that Walter Sullivan got involved in politics. The year was 1935, and his father--Michael A. "Mickey the Dude" Sullivan--was making his first bid for the Cambridge city council. Walter, of course, was distributing palm cards, watching the railroad flare-processions, and helping out at the picnics. The lessons were not lost...