Word: mission
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...past two decades, ceased to be merely a matter of individual effort and have become a national movement. There are more than 450 support groups for searchers. Many conduct meetings modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous, in which new participants rise with the passion of the converted and state their mission: "I'm Sarah, and I'm looking for my daughter born...
...said the temptation was always there for an institution like Harvard, which has vast resources but is always hungry for more, to fall sway to the banker's logic and slowly let its academic mission deteriorate...
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia--A West German diplomat rescued an East German grabbed by a police officer yesterday as he tried to scale a fence into Bonn's mission. However, most Czechoslovak police relaxed their controls, letting hundreds more refugees enter the compound as a new diplomatic dispute built up over the issue...
...their mission is expanded at the same timetheir budget is cut, it will be very problematic,"says Kevin Cathcart, ex-director of the Gay andLesbian Advocates and Defenders. "The next testwill be to make sure that enforcement is not onlyin place on paper but actually exists in ameaningful way," he adds...
...last Thursday, the yellow school bus was bound for schools in Mission, Texas. Approaching at a crossroads was a soft-drink delivery truck. The truck and bus suddenly collided, and the bus veered into a gravel pit filled with water 20 ft. deep...