Word: metting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...BRIDGE, and sites overlooking scenic Charles River--The Head of the Charles Regatta has never pretended to be a purely athletic even in its 25-year history. For all the Erg tests, stadiumstep runs and other sweat-intensive training methods, the autumn culmination of the rowers' Sisyphean efforts is met mostly by that oh-so-collegiate monchalance on the part of lounging spectators along the banks of the dirty water...
...attended by more than 40% of East Germany's 16 million citizens. Since the 1970s, it has provided a forum for human-rights and peace advocates. Last week churches in East Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden became the gathering points for demonstrators and the refuges for protesters when they met up with truncheon- swinging riot police...
Some local party officials have shown sympathy for the dissidents' cause. In Leipzig, where New Forum brought up to 70,000 people into the streets last Monday, three party secretaries signed a declaration promoting a more open dialogue. In Dresden party functionaries met with 20 opposition representatives. Encouraging as these moves may be, there is always the possibility of a reversal. If the state decides to clamp down, it is hard to predict whether the opposition forces will turn out to be marathoners, like the Poles, or easily winded sprinters, like the Panamanians...
...smoky riverfront club on Decatur Street. Last year, when Sancton started playing at the Cajun, a Manhattan night spot, he discovered that his pianist occasionally filled in with Woody's group at Michael's Pub. The pianist later told Allen about Sancton's return to the bandstand. "I met him in 1971," the filmmaker responded. "Do you think he remembers...
...Specific requirements must be met pertaining to time limits on reporting violations, confidentiality when investigating violations and documenting investigations...