Word: path
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weather service said warnings might be extended northward, depending upon Gilbert's path...
...that Walesa failed to get a firm commitment that Solidarity will be legalized again. "I have obtained over 100% of what was possible with what strength I have," said Walesa amid disapproving whistles during a speech at the Lenin shipyard. He later told the workers that he chose the "path of agreement" because a repeat of their earlier struggle with the regime could lead to civil...
...came out ahead in a hard-fought battle for the presidency, has set South Korea on a more liberal path, a course to which the country is still accommodating itself. Political opposition is flourishing. At the beginning of Chun's rule in 1980, the country's best-known opposition leader, Kim Dae Jung, 62, was found guilty of treason and, after serving time in prison, forced into exile for two years. Upon his return, he was put under house arrest...
Haunting in its humanity and unambiguous in its morality, this story was turned by fathers into a parable that helped set several generations of sons on the path of righteousness. But as the last of the "Black Sox" died, the story dropped out of common consciousness. Now it is near impossible to find anyone under 40 who has heard of the Black Sox, let alone been moved by their tale. Grander thefts, bigger (and more successful) crooks, preoccupy our imaginations today...
...Twelve patients had died between Friday and Sunday nights, and by Monday morning death's wide swath had left the staff physically and emotionally exhausted. It was time for a tall, somewhat stout, white-haired woman to provide the reassurance of her presence: standing in a stairwell, in the path of grief-bruised nurses and doctors, greeting each with a jovial smile and concerned questions: "How was your weekend?" "Are you exhausted?" "Are you coping...