Word: lift
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Once Clinton got elected, people thought thatClinton would lift the ban, because he promisedduring the campaign," says Lin, who criticizesRudenstine for the delay in cutting financial tiesto the MIT program this year. "Then, last summer,when people saw that he wasn't going to lift theban, momentum picked up again...
...death urgency that's hard to replicatenow," notes New York Times opinion columnist FrankRich Jr. '71. "It's such a different world now.It's almost apples and oranges."Crimson File PhotoTop: Soldiers march in Boston's 1969Veterans' Day parade. Bottom: Students during lastyear's Commencement hold pink balloons reading'Lift the Ban,' a reference to the military'sformer policy on gays.CrimsonMelody A. LeeTies That Bind: Harvard and ROTC...
...what she was. I wish we could stand on the sidewalk as the caisson passes, and take off our hat, and explain to our sons and daughters and say, "That is a patriot passing by." I wish I could see someone'slittle boy, in a knee-length coat, lift his arm and salute...
...urge the Serbs and Muslims to begin peace talks within two weeks. A proposed settlement would give the Serb aggressors 49% of Bosnian territory, with the remaining 51% going to the new federation of Bosnian Muslims and Croats. Meanwhile the U.S. Senate passed a measure requiring President Clinton to lift an embargo on arms sales to the Bosnians despite the objections of American allies...
...recent statewide poll, Brown won face-offs with both Garamendi, 42% to 25%, and Wilson, 51% to 39%. The state Democratic convention in Los Angeles last month declined to endorse a candidate this year, but her dominance at the event gave her a badly needed lift after a long season of unfocused strategy and outright foul-ups. Ushered before the placard-waving delegates swaying to rock music, Brown wore a suit of banker's blue with a string of Barbara Bush pearls as she uncorked a new campaign that pushed just two messages: a promise of 1 million new jobs...