Word: pearling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...something in common: We are confronting a tremendous rise in the cost of the Harvard education while services rightfully ours are being cut, and our needs deliberately ignored. If we continue to speak out only when our own personal need is involved, none of us can ever win. Natasha Pearl...
Nancy Reagan, her hair swept back into a chignon anchored by four pearl-and-diamond clasps, and wearing a stunning beaded, one-shoulder James Galanos gown, stayed at her husband's side as they visited all ten balls. At a few stops, Reagan spoke of the hostages-"prisoners of war," he purposefully called them-but generally he kept to an aw-shucks-so-glad-you're-here routine. Said he to guests at the Washington Hilton: "I've finally decided that I'm not going to wake up. It isn't a dream." The Reagans...
...children of Canton, there is still time to be young. In this city beside the Pearl River where the silvery sound of bicycle bells fills the air, the children seem less influenced by the official doctrine than by their own personalities. Some stare at foreigners in curiosity or amusement; others screech and run away. They play beside the river at being soldiers, and they imitate their mothers, carrying their younger brothers on their backs...
...President of Uganda last week, he gained an unusual opportunity for an African leader: a second chance to rule his country. It was Dictator Idi Amin Dada who had ousted him in a military coup nine years ago. The challenge facing Obote is immense. Uganda, once known as the "pearl of Africa "for its productive agriculture, fine schools and superbly equipped hospitals, is today a nation in ruins. Nairobi Bureau Chief Jack White reports...
Obote has pledged that "the pearl...