Word: grandly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What do the contras say about who supplied them with funds during 1984 and '85, when Congress officially had cut off their U.S. backing? Following a two-day session with a grand jury in Washington, Contra Leader Adolfo Calero declared that retired Generals Richard Secord and John Singlaub had helped the Nicaraguan rebels to "engineer" arms deals worth millions of dollars. Calero also declared that his own contra group, the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, had received $32 million from non-American private donors. (Actually, most of that money is known to have come from Saudi Arabia's King Fahd...
...concluded my research, well satisfied that I had applied my Harvard education to grand result. Those half-minute beer commercials, which previously had served as nothing more than piss-breaks during Celtic games, had accorded me the opportunity to choose wisely and to plan ahead for financial success and security...
Following a grand jury indictment on charges of sexual misconduct with children, freshman crew Coach Edward H. Washburn '64 has been given a leave of absence from Harvard...
...Middlesex grand jury Thursday indicted Washburn on charges of raping a child and contributing to the delinquincy of a minor. The first charge carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison...
...been wary of snowboards, fearing that hotdogging teenagers would intimidate regular skiers. Snow Summit, near Los Angeles, Vail in Colorado, and Sugarbush in Vermont are a few places that ban the board, but more than 100 ski areas nationwide allow it. Because rentals are cheaper and paraphernalia not as grand, many resort owners think snow surfing may attract a whole new crowd to try out the slopes. The sport has already achieved the organized trappings of respectability. Next month Breckenridge will play host to the World Snowboard Classic, with more than 200 competitors from ten countries...