Word: northern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...From the Northern end of the Carolinas, the Tar Heels will counter with two offensive powers of their own--namely forwards Derek Missimo (12-5-29) and David Smyth...
...with the Oct. 19 crash on Wall Street, which knocked the wind out of the Mexican stock market. Since Black Monday, the total value of shares on the exchange has plunged by more than 70%, from $38 billion to $11 billion. Says Salvador Kalifa, an economic consultant from the northern city of Monterrey: "Gossip and rumors take precedence over all else. All people want is to get rid of their portfolios." The market collapse made Mexicans nervous about the peso...
...first, it was hard to tell whether rebel troops in northern and eastern Uganda favored the weapons technology of the 20th century or that of the Stone Age. While some insurgents fought government troops with Kalashnikov rifles, many others went into battle bare chested and armed with nothing more than sticks and rocks. These warriors were following the orders of a 27-year-old self-styled "priestess" known as Mama Alice, who was trying to overthrow the government of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni with an odd mixture of Christian theology and African witchcraft. Believers in her Holy Spirit Movement...
...rise and fall of Mama Alice is rooted in Uganda's tribal politics as well as in Africa's tradition of magic worship. The daughter of an Anglican clergyman and a member of the small Acholi tribe in the savannas of northern Uganda, Alice has appealed to regional animosities to build her rebel force, composed mostly of peasant farmers, teenage boys and ex-soldiers. One source of strong resentment is the domination of Museveni's National Resistance Army by Bantu-speaking southerners and westerners. Alice claimed to be under the command of a holy spirit called lakwena, the Acholi word...
...Blair in 1983, and the first in memory to record a shutout in his opening collegiate contest. Blair, who went on to become second-team All-America and lead the Crimson to the NCAA Finals in 1985, turned the trick three times his first season--against Yale, Brown and Northern Michigan...