Word: happen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...truly an extraordinary day. For the first time in 47 years, a hurricane had made it to Harvard Square. The excitement was tremendous. School was canceled; history seemed to be in the making. The wind blew. Trees fell. Leaves flew. And people waited. Uneasy anticipation. Something was going to happen...
...thwart the will of Congress and to kill programs to which he is ideologically opposed. Is this what we mean when we speak of representing the "national interest"? The merits of extending the Voting Rights Act are not at issue here, for the same type of thing can happen with any item involving an appropriation of any amount...
Through much of 1985, Roman Catholic analysts have been speculating avidly and almost ceaselessly about what will happen at the forthcoming international synod of bishops. Pope John Paul II has called for the extraordinary session to commence in Rome on Nov. 25 to examine the implementation of the decrees of the Second Vatican Council, which concluded 20 years ago. The synod will follow a rare, three-day meeting in Rome of the full College of Cardinals. Some alarmists fear that a rollback of the accomplishments of the reformist council is in the works. That is an extreme view...
...vied with one another to dig up detailed and colorful accounts of the operation against the Rainbow Warrior. It was inconceivable, Le Monde claimed, that Vice Admiral Lacoste, the foreign espionage chief, would have acted without orders. Among those who might have authorized the attack or allowed it to happen, the paper said, were Lacoste's superiors: General Jean-Michel Saulnier, Mitterrand's personal chief of staff when the surveillance scheme was conceived; General Jeannou Lacaze, then overall armed forces Chief of Staff; and Hernu. By most accounts, Mitterrand was not informed of the spying mission until a week after...
Kilduff estimated cleanup costs would amount to less than $100,000, with the bulk of that going to remove toppled trees. Jewett said the University's biggest fears had been of water damage and flooding, both of which failed to happen because of the light rainfall...