Word: gropes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...than the accidental synchronicity of their respective coups, Burma and Haiti have virtually nothing in common culturally, socially or historically. What they do share is a constellation of evil circumstances that, taken together, offer a cautionary illustration of just how hard it is for backward and impoverished societies to grope their way from national repression to political and civic liberty. Both are desperately poor: Haiti's per capita income of $393 is the lowest in the western hemisphere, while Burma's $197 makes it one of the least developed nations in the world. Both have been ruled for decades...
...scientific journal earlier this year, are only the latest evidence of how remote sensing -- the examination of distant or concealed objects by sound waves, electronic signals or other means -- has dramatically changed the study of the oceans. Scientists are now able to see things that they could only grope at before. This is made possible not only by a satellite's panoramic perspective but also by new sonar techniques that peer through waters that are miles deep. Oceanographers who once devoted years to analyzing information from infrequent research trips are deluged with data that are yielding the secrets of earth...
...actors who grope in the dark it proves a difficult coordination test. Though they do carry flashlights to spotlight their faces...
...strengthens Jews with a national identity, but because Israel is quite simply a remarkable and inspiring place for a Jew to be. Still, even "peaceniks" must recognize how far away the Palestinians are from making us able to given them their state. In the meantime. we grapple and grope for transitions and arrangements. And that's what we will have to do to succeed. Jonathan Savett '89-'90 currently studying for a year in Jerusalem
...frank, what this movie really needed was something to perk up the interest level without taxing the already overstrained imaginations of the people making it--namely, sex. A few steamy grope scenes with some buxom female mental patients and a lesbian nurse, perhaps, or maybe an on-air radio orgy, would add a level of interest to the film without really impinging at all on the level of asininity, which is already red-lined anyway. Plus, a triple-X rating would prevent most people from accidentally walking in, thus saving them the agony of having to sit through part...