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Word: kegs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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This acclimation made the shock almost imperceptible when last week a ticklish situation turned into a veritable powder keg. The change came with the Reagan Administration's decision to authorize the Marines to fire not only in self-defense but also in aid to any European peacekeeping forces in the area...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Time to Look Again | 9/22/1983 | See Source »

...five agreed that the situation is at the same time both stagnant and volatile. "The politics of that country constitute a power keg," says Fox Blacks will stop at nothing less than "one man, one vote." and the whites will never grant that to them. The junior who asked not to be identified explains that although there exists a certain level of trust between the two groups because of the high proportion of white families that employ Blacks as domestic servants, trust disintegrates with the realize that not only do Black no longer accept their subservient position, but they have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: South Africans at Harvard | 9/15/1983 | See Source »

...five agreed that the situation is at the same time both stagnant and volatile. "The politics of that country constitute a powder keg," says Fox. He adds that it is a no-win situation because the Blacks will stop at nothing less than "one man, one vote," and the whites will never grant that to them. The junior who asked not to be identified explains that although there exists a certain level of trust between the two groups because of the high proportion of white families that employ Blacks as domestic servants, trust disintegrates with the realization that not only...

Author: By Diane M. Cardwell, | Title: South Africans at Harvard | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

...primary pneumonic plague that appeared in 1980 in California (all 185 people who were exposed to the victim were inoculated six hours after the disease was confirmed). After completing their two years, EIS graduates are given a prized emblem of their craft: a key chain with a tiny metal keg of Watney's Red Barrel Beer, served at the John Snow Pub on the site of the infamous water pump in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hunting for the Hidden Killers: AIDS | 7/4/1983 | See Source »

...five agreed that the situation is at the same time both stagnant and volatile. "The politics of that country constitute a powder keg," says Fox. He adds that it is a no win situation because the Blacks will stop at nothing less than "one man, one vote," and the whites will never grant that to them. The junior who asked not to be identified explains that although there exists a certain level of trust between the two groups because of the high proportion of white families that employ Blacks as domestic servants, trust disintegrates with the realization that not only...

Author: By Diane M. Cardwell, | Title: South Africans at Harvard | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

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