Word: heard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...African-American community has heard enough of the "gloom and doom" prophecies of life after affirmative action, said Abigail Thernstrom who, along with her husband, Winthrop Professor of History Stephan A. Thernstrom, co-authored America in Black and White: One Nation Indivisible...
...know the bad news," she said, "but the good news is seldom heard...
...suggested the idea to a Kirkland House Undergraduate Council representative in January. He said he would bring it to the attention of the council, but we have heard nothing of it since. Yet getting accounts for graduating seniors is the kind of political project even Beth Stewart's administration could champion. If such a project is not launched in time for graduation, students could only blame foot-dragging--or a perverse desire to be worse than Dartmouth. WALTON A. GREEN '98 DAVID S. GREWAL '98-'99 IAN T. SIMMONS...
...most of the world has heard of the "bird flu" that emerged in Hong Kong last year, infecting 18 people and killing six. One patient, a young woman, remains on a ventilator under intensive care. Although no new cases have been discovered since Dec. 28, virologists consider the emergence of this new virus one of the most significant and worrisome medical events of the day. And they don't think the danger has passed. In fact, the critical period could just now be arriving in Hong Kong. This is the start of the traditional flu season, when the new virus...
...startled. "I'm not a vet," she says. "I don't know much about influenza in animals." But she had never heard of H5 infecting humans. For it to do so now was surprising. Even impossible...