Word: globe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...light on the bizarre truth of our inner, irrational metaphors, she presents this vision of a city unnaturally demolished to expose the contours of the earth, leaving only "a single monument, defabricated girders of an abolished dome, presiding like a vacant cranium or a hollowing out of the great globe itself: Saint Peter's in some eternal city of nightmare...
...cars." Both Ford and GM will introduce front-wheel drive, so-called world cars, which may be the industry's best prospect for future profits. These will be small, economical vehicles assembled from parts made in several countries. Essentially, the same car will be sold all over the globe. Ford's entry in this field is the subcompact Ford Escort and Mercury Lynx, which replace the outdated Pinto and Bobcat models...
...Carter's action against Iran. "I'm 100% for it," said Pat Lee of Falls Church, Va., wife of Hostage Gary Lee, a general services officer. "I don't think it will make that much difference, but it's the principle." Added Mary Lopez of Globe, Ariz., mother of Marine Sergeant James Lopez: "I'm not too happy, but I have to have faith in my government. What else can I hold...
These ubiquitous benefactors of Third World countries are neither the Soviets nor the Cubans but the East Germans. In manifold ways that have been little noticed in the West, the German Democratic Republic has been extending its political reach around the globe. At least 5,000 military and civilian cadres are operating in more than a dozen different nations, dispensing an estimated $20 million in annual military aid and an additional $300 million in economic assistance. Western intelligence agencies discount rumors that East German soldiers and pilots have periodically fought alongside southern African rebels or with the troops of Marxist...
Middlesex County Small Claims Court awarded Jeffrey B. Mathews '81 and Daniel C. Esty '81 $38.65 for New York Times and the Boston Globe issues the two failed to receive over the past year and a half...