Word: overruns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some students of the sport believe so. Says Beano Cook, the clever TV analyst for ESPN: "If Walsh was a general, he would be able to overrun Europe with the army from Sweden." Leonard Koppett, whose observations of the game have graced many publications, including the New York Times, for almost 50 years, puts it another way: "In that narrow field of conceptual football, Walsh is a genius the way Heifetz was a genius with the violin...
...most delicate issue is how to prevent the region from being overrun by immigrants. Scientific research and limited tourism will provide job opportunities for some of the 250 Pygmies who live in nearby Bomassa, but probably not enough to attract a large wave of newcomers. Of the three merchants who moved into Bomassa anticipating a boom, two have already relocated in disappointment. That's just fine with the park advocates, whose purpose is not to create new fortunes but to save the Ndoki's irreplaceable natural treasures...
...only surprise for many observers was that it took so long for the putsch to come. Large tracts of Peruvian territory have been overrun by drug traffickers and vicious Shining Path guerrillas, whose terrorist campaign has reached the shantytowns around Lima, the nation's capital. Less than 20% of the work force is employed full time. More than half of Peru's 22 million people live in dismal poverty; a recent cholera epidemic killed more than...
...days following the announcement, Rindge and Latin, which is recognized for its extensive AIDS prevention efforts--including condom distribution to students for the past 18 months--found its halls and auditorium overrun by the media...
...Sweating Door Alarm moves smoothly and frequently between planes of reality. Fitch transports the audience from a strange, sickening hospital to an eerie campground in a Southwestern canyon. Soon the campground is overrun with Indians who dance wildly around a TV set/campfire, taking the viewer farther and farther from reality. The transitions from scene to scene are always surprising and often funny. Although simple curiosity about what will come next sustains a lively interest in a play, The Sweating Door Alarm offers much more...