Word: flew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson women flew sky high, as Rainey set an all-time Harvard record in the 200 meters at 24.5 seconds. Rainey placed second and Dowling came in fifth. In the 100 meter dash, Dowling took third and Michelle Davis placed fifth. Harvard's Katrina Posta and Allison Goodman finished second and third, respectively, in the 100 meter hurdles, and Co-Captain Nancy Lutz took second in the 400 meter intermediate hurdles...
...little bit of arrogance because they are doing so well," says a Wall Street analyst who follows the company. But Disney's executives deny smugness as if they were warding off an evil spell. "You always have to believe you're in last place," said Eisner recently as he flew across the country in Disney's leased Gulfstream III jet, looking a bit sheepish about the luxury. "Flying on this kind of plane is exactly what leads to your financial demise," he observed...
This time creativity carried the day, and the Eisner-Wells team took charge in September 1984. The Disney board ousted Miller, while voting Roy to the post of vice chairman. The Eisner-Wells duo flew immediately to Fort Worth to enlist support from Sid Bass, whose family was amassing a stake in the company (currently 17%). Bass was so impressed with Eisner and Wells that he promised to hold the stock for five years, an unusual commitment that would make Disney far less vulnerable to further takeover troubles...
...Wazir had lived as a teenager, there were protests and memorial services for the slain official of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Seven Palestinians were killed and scores wounded in clashes with Israeli soldiers. In the West Bank the scene was somewhat less violent but no less angry. Palestinians flew black flags and crowded the mosques to read commemorative phrases from the Koran. Still, tensions resulted in five deaths, making last Saturday's total death toll of at least twelve the highest daily count since the Palestinian uprisings began last December. Confronted by growing demonstrations and stone-throwing youths, the Israeli...
...region until the P.L.O. took Israel's security requirements into account -- unusually tough instructions to a man who has refused to publicly acknowledge Israel's right to exist. Several days later, reports surfaced that Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze would soon visit Syria, Jordan and possibly Egypt. Rumors flew about a stopover in Israel, but the absence of diplomatic relations between the two countries make such a visit unlikely...