Word: overruns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University should address those problems in particular, in addition, of course, to preventing another overrun in admissions. The oft-stated goal of making Harvard a tightly knit community remains a fine ideal. But when "closeness" begins to imply living in slummy ex-washrooms, we've got to wonder whether the Harvard Experience isn't actually the Harvard Ordeal...
...Britain realizes, the real victims are the 1800 Falklanders whose home has been ruthlessly overrun by a nation that has consistently disregarded human rights. Those who have difficulty sympathizing with England's outrage would do well to recall the Iranian hostage crisis, when Americans seethed with helpless anger over an egregious transgression of international...
...pendant became the hare of the dogged, touching off an orgy of literary and literal digging. The Druid ruins at Stonehenge, a popular site for rabbit sleuths, were overrun by spades-people. For 18 months Thomas pondered the problem, buying three copies of Masquerade and throwing two away when his wife complained of puzzle-neglect. He made a breakthrough by linking the inscription under one picture, "One of Six to Eight," to Catherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII's six wives. Thomas also divined another key clue: a pictorial reference to the vernal equinox indicating an object...
...amicably-with the Government agreeing to pay most of the cost increases. General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division, which built the most recent $1.2 billion Trident submarine (50% over budget) and 18 nuclear attack submarines, was the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department for overrun claims. Navy Secretary John Lehman last August called the costs a "rip-off." But early this year charges were dropped, and Lehman said the Navy has contracted with Electric Boat to build six more Tridents because the company had improved its controls on workmanship and materials...
...deposed Shah of Iran had been admitted to the U.S. for medical treatment less than two weeks earlier, and Laingen was describing an anti-American demonstration outside the embassy. Laingen left the letter on his office desk. Three days later-on Nov. 4, 1979-the embassy was overrun by Iranian militants and America's 444-day hostage ordeal began...