Word: laying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sarney is caught between conflicting, and sometimes violent, forces within his nation. On one side are the settlers and developers, often backed by corrupt politicians, who are razing the forests to lay claim to the land. On the other are hundreds of fledgling conservation groups, along with the Indian tribes and rubber tappers whose way of life will be destroyed if the forests disappear. The clash has already produced the world's most celebrated environmental martyr, Chico Mendes, a leader of the rubber tappers who was murdered for trying to stand in the way of ranchers...
...meanwhile, the union will finish the process of organizing that was started 18 years ago. Once elections on the union's by-laws and constitution--slated for later this month--and a vote on the union leadership--to be held in October--are finished, HUCTW can officially, finally lay claim to its place at Harvard...
Ironically, Harvard finished its most ambitious fundraising effort--the 350th anniversary campaign--just three years ago, promising alums that it would be enough to lay the foundation for the University at least until the end of the century...
Resolution lay in a "heated and frank" discussion at a master-sponsored house dialogue, publishing the truth about both parties actions at the Mather dance, and in a realization of the difficulty of truly accepting the rights of others to do something as fundamental as kiss or hold hands with another in public., But it is a necessary, absolute acceptance...
Resolution lay in a "heated and frank" discussion at a master-sponsored house dialogue, publishing the truth about both parties actions at the Mather dance, and in a realization of the difficulty of truly accepting the rights of other to do something as fundamental as kiss or hold hands with another in public., But it is a necessary, absolute acceptance...