Word: missions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While Florence Griffith Joyner was on stage introducing the various acts participating in the Harvard Cultural Rythyms show on Sunday, two little girls from the Mission Hill projects were talking about their Olympic idol...
...council has no power to effect change, but it can still fulfill its role as Harvard's conscience--nudging and poking the University when its actions contradict its highly-touted educational mission. The council can also crystallize student opinion and serve as an umbrella group for different student organizations working for a common cause. The council-supported rally for minority and women faculty held two weeks ago is an example of the type of positive action the council is capable of taking...
...with what he does, making his peace with himself." Darman believes specific victories or defeats give him little elation or despair because he plays out either outcome in advance. "I've thought about the hundred things that can go wrong with the deficit thing," he says of today's mission. "If something starts going wrong, I'd be disappointed in myself if I hadn't already thought of that possibility...
...animals, only half dead, back to Norwegian flaying vessels. The King's comments were strong stuff, considering Norway's sensitivity to criticism from Sweden, its onetime colonial master and its archrival. Said Swedish Foreign Minister Sten Andersson of the King, before rushing off to Norway on a fence- mending mission: "He must have been very angry...
Iran's charge d'affaires in London, Mohammad Basti, will be summoned to hear "the reasons for this action along with the implications for Mr. Basti and his mission," Howe said...