Word: grossness
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Outtraged by gross disparities in the quality of education for Blacks and whites, thousands of Soweto students noted for several days in 1976, burning books and vandalizing schools before being brutally quelled by South African Police. Dozens of Black students were killed in the riots, outraging many students here and prompting a wave of demonstrations against the conditions of inequality for Black and whites in South Africa that-persist today. "The 1976 Soweto riots rally generated an enormous amount of students activity [on U.S campuses]. "Says Gail Hovey, research coordinator for the American committee on Africa (ACOA). After that start...
...throughout its duration in the most attentive manner." Hinting that the jetliner was on a spy mission, it added, "So one may ask that if it were an ordinary flight of a civil aircraft. . . then why were there not taken any steps from the American side to end the gross violation of the airspace of the U.S.S.R.?" TASS said that 'leading circles" in the Soviet Union express "regret" over the loss of life, but the news agency dismissed the worldwide uproar over the attack as mere "hullabaloo...
Outraged by gross disparities in the quality of education for Blacks and whites, thousands of Soweto students rioted for several days in 1976, burning books and vandalizing schools before being brutally quelled by South African police. Dozens of Black students were killed in the riots, outraging many students here and prompting a wave of demonstrations against the conditions of inequality for Blacks and whites in South Africa that persist today. "The 1976 Soweto riots really generated an enormous amount of student activity [on U.S. campuses]," says Gail Hovey, research coordinator for the American Committee on Africa (ACOA). After that start...
Many economists now forecast that overall growth in the gross national product from July 1 to Sept. 30, after adjustment for inflation, will be in the 7% to 8% range...
...Cage aux Folles has found the chemical equation that makes gross faults appear small, minor virtues look large, and major achievements seem more so. Despite its gay theme, it is a sentimental show that extols the values of love, honor and fidelity to home and family; consequently, in both Boston and New York City, it seems to have drawn audiences that are largely straight. In Barry and Hearn, moreover, it boasts what may be the most romantic team of the year...