Word: following
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...government would do well in Central America to follow Gorbachev's example in Eastern Europe: withdraw support from unsuccessful, unpopular and brutal governments. While it is probably too late to win the hearts of the rebels, it is in our interest to come down on the side of human rights in our hemisphere by withdrawing military aid from El Salvador. In doing so, we might gain the praise of Costa Rica and set an example for Guatemala and Honduras...
WELLESLEY,--Randall E. Wise had it all. A Harvard M.B.A. A profitable computer software company. But he sold his firm to follow a dream, a dream that one day he would supply contact lenses to all the egg-laying chickens of the world...
Alienation and fear are a miniscule price to pay for increased dialogue and enlightenment about U.S. policy in Central America. Our original plan had been to follow up on interest generated by the draft cards with a teach-in Friday afternoon. Educational forums such as teach-ins are consistent with COCA's objective of educating the Harvard community...
...After Louisiana declined the tribute, the so-called Poo-Poo Choo-choo chugged into a rail yard near Pascagoula, Miss. But Mississippi's department of environmental quality threatened a fine of $2 million a day, so the train operator gave up, and at week's end was preparing to follow the scent back to Maryland...
TRACY CHAPMAN: CROSSROADS (Elektra). The follow-up to her smash debut album in 1988 is . . . well, just like the first. Chapman's voice stays strong, her music soft, her message angry and often oppressively earnest. Straightforward and worthy but generally without excitement...