Word: myriads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beach this year? Answer: the rubber look. Robin Piccone, a California designer, has set off a sizzling fashion wave with bathing suits made of neoprene, the synthetic rubber from which scuba-diving wet suits are made. The material is both cool -- air circulates freely through the fabric's myriad pores -- and cosmetic, since it streamlines imperfections on otherwise delectable forms...
...walls record a myriad of stories about unrequited love, Harvard style...
...fighting to inspire a popular insurrection against the Sandinista regime. However, those troop estimates cannot be independently verified, and there is little evidence that the contras are sparking a civilian uprising. On the contrary, the liberal human-rights group Americas Watch issued a report last week citing myriad abuses committed by the rebels. Although the 170-page document takes the Sandinistas to task for their harsh treatment of prisoners, it is most critical of the contras for waging "indiscriminate attacks" against civilians, including children...
...make matters worse, the internship program itself was poorly conceived. Applications for internships were to be handled like the myriad of other such programs with less lofty geopolitical goals--through the school's Office of Career Services (OCS). And several of the institutions interested in taking part in the program were of questionable help to disadvantaged Blacks...
...confounded expectations with unanticipated toughness and political skill. In the process of both the revolution and her first year in office, she has restored the pride of her people and has become a hero for women around the world. Nonetheless, in ruling her troubled country, she still faces a myriad of problems, including a weak economy, restless armed forces and a Communist insurgency...