Word: notes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...council's social year ended on a more positive note with a successful "Quadfest" cook-out and the traditional spring raft race, although the event's future was called into question in May because of an injury sustained by a participant...
...miss the competition more than anything else," Austrian says. "But I'm leaving tennis on such a great note...
...Editors' Note: Worldwide, Harvard may symbolize academic excellence, but to 38,000 people in the Cambridge area, Harvard means a paycheck...
...cervical cancer. Consequently, the FDA recommends that the cap be prescribed only for women with normal Pap smears. It also suggests that a Pap test be performed after three months of cap usage. Even so, researchers see no health drawbacks to the cervical cap. However, they are quick to note that the newly approved contraceptive will not be for everyone; some women, for example, may find the device difficult to insert and remove and may prefer to use a diaphragm or other form of birth control. Says Gynecologist Gerald Bernstein of the University of Southern California, who led the studies...
...June meetings will be the future pace of perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness), the twin towers of Gorbachev's ambitious program of internal reform. It is crucial to him that the 5,000 delegates to the party conference represent what he likes to call "new thinking." U.S. analysts note that the Soviet leader has achieved remarkable success in shaking up a hidebound leadership. According to one estimate, during his three years in office Gorbachev has replaced 40% of the Central Committee, 90 of the 157 regional first secretaries and 72 of 101 members of the Council of Ministers...