Word: hollande
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...come," said Professor Ragnar Kinzelbach of the Technical University in Darmstadt, West Germany. Although locks and floodgates were closed to protect many of the river's tributaries from the poisonous flow, other waterways appear threatened. Dutch officials say the Ijssel River, which branches off the Rhine in southeastern Holland, is now carrying part of the slick. They also expect the contaminated Rhine water to enter the shallow sea north of the Friesland and Groningen provinces. That could pose new dangers for birds, fish and seals...
...volume of shares involved in the wild cycles of program trading -- lots of more than 500,000 at a time for each trader are common -- has become the "tail that wags the dog," says Manhattan Investment Manager Soros. Observes Louis Holland, a partner in the Chicago investment firm of Hahn Holland & Grossman: "The little guy in the street is very concerned about all this perceived volatility. He doesn't think he has a chance...
...years ago. In the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors may have unknowingly used viruses in a primitive form of germ warfare; they apparently supplied their intended victims, the Aztecs and the Incas, with blankets taken from houses with smallpox in Europe. Viruses helped cause a fiscal crisis in 17th century Holland, where infections of tulip bulbs produced a new variety of the flower with spectacular, rippling patterns of color. The government was unable to control the resulting speculation, which threatened the economy before tulipomania, as it became known, died down...
...York, Ron Guidry is washed up and Joe Niekro has a 9.71 earned runs average in his last eight starts. The Yankees last week started two pitchers, Al Holland and Tim Stoddard, who had not started for four years. Meanwhile, in Baltimore, manager Earl Weaver was using former Cy Young award winner Mike Flanagan in relief. The only team in the division whose record matches up with Boston's against the East is the Toronto Blue Jays. The Red Sox are certainly not one of baseball's all-time great teams, but for the rest of the year they should...
...merger between Radcliffe's heavyweight and lightweight teams has resulted in two lightweights--Christina Erikson and Julia Holland--rowing in what was formerly the JV heavyweight boat...