Word: givens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Stores have come and gone, trolleys have been replaced by subway cars and Sunday strollers have given way to punk rockers. In the midst of these monumental changes, one landmark has remained the same--the Coop, formally known as The Harvard Cooperative Society...
Najibullah has tried to deny the rebels new recruits by offering refugees land and jobs if they will return to their farms and villages. But barely 80,000 have taken him up on the offer, and no more than 10,000 rebels have given up the insurgency. Moreover, animosity lingers between some of the returned rebels and government forces. One day last week the morning calm in Kabul was shattered by bursts of machine-gun fire. It seems a tribal leader, a former rebel who is now a general in the Afghan army, took exception when security troops refused...
...Congress has also allowed confiscation of the proceeds of some crimes under half a dozen major federal crimebusting statutes. Business began booming after a 1984 law provided for seizure of crime-related assets even if they have been sold or transferred. Moreover, money from the sale of goods has given federal and local agencies an extra incentive for confiscations...
Mindich said the issues discussed at the conference were particularly timely, given the recent situation on Wall Street. "The people I met were very interesting," he said, adding, "I would definitely recommend the conference to other Harvard students...
Picciano, who graduated in 1985, had "had sex with several of Henshaw's friends and they had given her gifts," Sheehan said. "Draw your own conclusions," he said...