Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gemayel's tumultuous tenure, the presidency has been reduced to little more than a symbol of Lebanese sovereignty. Nonetheless, most Lebanese would rather preserve the symbol than suffer a relapse into violence and anarchy. As tension mounted last week, gunmen once again fired mortars and machine guns across the "green line" separating Christian and Muslim Beirut. Renewed fighting between the rival Shi'ite Muslim organizations -- Amal, supported by Syria, and the Islamic fundamentalist Hizballah, backed by Iran -- is also a prospect. Last week three Amal militia commanders were killed in an ambush south of Beirut, presumably by Hizballah gunmen...
Dartmouth passed the ball 50 times (29 completions) for 248 yards. The Big Green running attack was stuffed, running for only 26 yards rushing on 19 carries...
After trailing, 14-3, late in the first half, the Big Green scored the game's final 14 points to edge Colgate...
...will be worth watching in the year ahead, as he attempts to protect his vision of a green, Edenic pageant against the clamoring demands of diverse actors, producers, stagehands and unruly spectators. Even those who are indifferent to sports may have a greater stake in Giamatti's struggle than they realize. The central question hinges on whether collective celebrations should reflect or ennoble their societies. Reflection, these days, means augmented, intensified doses of behavior already lamentably available on the streets: rudeness, insensitivity, the steady thrum of flash-point violence. Bart thinks he has an older, better idea: orderly, considerate crowds...
After Hurricane Gilbert finished howling and hammering Jamaica last Monday, the lovely green-and-gold island had been transformed into a strew of twisted, tilted, ripped and battered debris. Kingston and outlying areas alike were an immense litter of downed trees, broken utility poles, tangles of electrical wires, a vista of demolished houses and blown tin roofs. The more the stunned Jamaicans meandered among the ruins, the worse things looked. Of the 2 1/2 million inhabitants, 500,000 were suddenly homeless; four-fifths of the nation's homes had been damaged or destroyed. Obstructions blocked and sealed off streets...