Word: joined
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There are those who would urge the United States to join the boycott. This should not be. For the United States must make every effort to protect the Olympics from further political encroachments. If this country in the past has prided itself on a unique approach to athletics--one which honored the amateur, the clean-living truly-competitive Bill Bradley--then this is a crucial time to reaffirm these concepts. There must not be a policy which will deprive America's youth of the opportunity to test themselves against the world's best...
Duke expects to join the fold despite its loss to North Carolina State in the semi-finals of the Atlantic Coast Tournament. North Carolina held the ball for almost 15 minutes in the second half in gaining a record 12-10 victory...
...question is asked: "What earthly purpose do you serve by showing our wounded or dead in such heartbreaking pictures?" [Feb. 16]. The purpose, hopefully accomplished, is that we be made painfully and everlastingly aware of the agonies and heartbreak endured by our soldiers, and all soldiers, commissioned to join in this deadly game called war. When you wonder "if some of the news media are trying to color the public's view about this war," may I suggest that we, the public, take a long and clear view of this war, based not on statistical reports...
...Pittsburgh strike was a response to Superintendent Sidney Marland's insistence that there must be "a better way" for teachers to influence educational policy than to join a union, and to a flat refusal by the city's school board to bargain with the union. San Francisco school officials first claimed that California law prevented them from dealing with a union, later relented, but the talks broke off as the union made 92 demands, claimed that Superintendent Robert Jenkins was moving too slowly on the negotiations...
...apple-pie order march of elements we all know and love--elements like time, cause and effect, motivation (spell it out, son), resolution. Yes, they all break down. (Like the junkyard, like Anastasia--you've got it now, BREAKDOWN is the theme.) The threads of plot tempt you to join a surrealistic scavenger hunt. Don't. Don't fumble about for a catenary of explanation and logistic. You're likely to miss the vision, and the vision is Anastasia Vote...