Word: neither
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course, in the time of Sophocles the pan-Hellenic games that would later inspire the international Olympics and the primitive direct democracy that would later inspire the American political process were relatively undeveloped forms. Neither synchronized swimming nor the advanced telecommunications equipment necessary to broadcast it around the world had been invented during the Golden Age of Athens, for example. Nor did the ancient Greeks have the advantage of televised minidebates. They were a primitive and unhappy people indeed...
Faced with a shrinking budget, the State Department could not justify the expense of opening an embassy in Ulan Bator. Neither could scores of other nations: 100 have diplomatic relations with Mongolia, but only 17 ambassadors are posted there. The U.S. will staff its embassy with a charge d'affaires and an assistant, who will work in an apartment leased from the Mongolian Foreign Ministry...
...Spiegel claims that it conducted tests on the paper, ink and official markings to verify the age of the document. But Waldheim's supporters quickly dismissed it as a fake. Presidential Spokesman Gerold Christian said Waldheim "had neither ordered deportations nor rendered them possible in any way." Others said Plenca's disclosure seemed timed to cast doubt on a forthcoming report by a panel of international historians charged with examining Waldheim's war record. Initiated by the Austrian Foreign Ministry last summer, the group plans to deliver its final report next week...
...fingers can fashion fragile slivers into wild flowers with a captivating attention to detail; leaves have been munched by insects; petals show the wilt of age; and beneath the plant a tangle of roots seeks nourishment from the earth. True, they are not exact replicas of woodland plants, but neither are they prettified curios. Each spiderwort, evening primrose or wood lily is a stylized representation of growth and decay. The complexity of the design, Stankard says, must not be obvious. "It must reveal itself...
Well, yes, that sounds fine, but what is actually to be done? One icy morning in New York last month, the frozen bodies of two newborn babies were found in trash heaps in different parts of the city. Neither one had a name. The newspapers devoted no more than a few lines to the story...