Word: lull
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard undoubtedly misses out on a lot of stars, because it hands the rising academics--like Mark Peterson--over to other colleges. Peterson is already interviewing for tenured positions at other universities. And although demand for professors across the country is at a lull during the recession, Peterson is a very attractive candidate. He'll get a good offer soon...
Fuchida's surprise attack lasted only about half an hour. Then, after a short lull, a second wave of 171 more planes roared in. By now the Americans were on the alert and firing at anything in sight. Twenty planes flying in from maneuvers with the Enterprise came under heavy American fire; two were shot down...
...chairman of the ruling United Somali Congress. The President, meanwhile, has been trying to have Aidid ousted from his position as party leader. An estimated 500 people were killed in street fighting two months ago. Weapons flooded the city, and most urban males began carrying rifles. After a lull, the struggle resumed last week...
...jumped on them right away and had some good opportunities," Crimson coach Sue Caples said. "We put the ball in the net early, but then came a little lull...
...during that lull between the national anthem and the players taking the field," Verrell said. "It just started, people clapping and roaring and cheering with nobody on the field. To somebody that grew up out here, that was chilling, and it was loud. From a local standpoint, that was the one that blew my mind...