Word: land
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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HARVARD (74): Kyle Dodson 0-0--0; Tedd Evers 3-1--8; Bill Mohler 2-0--0; Mike Gielen 5-6--15; Ralph James 5-2--12; Kevin Collins 8-3--20; David Land 1-0--2; Scott Gilly 1-2--4; Neil Phillips 3-0--6; Dana Smith 0-0--0; Mal Hollensteiner 0-0--0. Totals...
...make no mistake about it, the Kremlin is continuing its massive investment in offensive strategic and theater nuclear forces, as well as in conventional land, sea, and air forces that go far beyond any legitimate defense needs. The Soviet military already is beginning deployment of newer and more dangerous weapon systems: the Delta IV missile submarine, the Blackjack supersonic bomber, and the SS-25 mobile ICBM. Even if Gorbachev is sincere about his desire to devote resources spent on the military sector to the civilian economy, he has not been able to control or convince his military...
William Walker is a figure flitting through the thickets of those impenetrable contemporary backgrounders about the situation in Nicaragua. An American adventurer who gathered a mercenary army -- well, actually, it was more of a platoon -- and "invaded" that unhappy land in 1855, he briefly became its President before being deposed and executed. It was the sudden death of his fiancee (Marlee Matlin) that turned Walker into a Manifest Destiny zealot (hey, whatever works for you!). Contrasting formality of speech and manner with ruthless righteousness, Ed Harris makes him a furiously compelling creature...
Weekly's secret is her desire to take her savings, hoarded over many years of sweeping and scrubbing, and buy some land where she can spend the rest of her days in peace. Her problem is the arrival of Nastasya Torben, an imperious Russian emigre and former employer, newly widowed, who has unaccountably moved into the confines of Weekly's room and responsibility. After years of cultivating solitude and independence, the Newspaper of Claremont Street must confront disquieting impulses toward generosity. "Pore old Narsty," Weekly thinks about her disconsolate and unwanted roommate, and wonders how she can set herself free...
...Eraklis, of the Harvard-affiliated Boston hospital, are planning to build a facility to treat international patients who cannot afford medical prices in this country. But the site they have chosen for the venture in Clydebank, Scotland is an old shipyard whose remains, which include asbestos pipes, litter the land...