Word: phase
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Dressed in a traditional white shawl, tunic and pants, the prime minister said she came to Washington to begin "discussions of a new relationship" as both nations work to meet the "new challenges [that] confront us in the closing but complex phase of the Afghan...
...world is misbehaving again, and George Bush's puppy presidency, like Jerry Ford's English-muffin phase, has passed from American screens. Once again, as so often before, troops moved through the night; a defiant dictatorship strode the dark streets of a tiny, helpless nation; NATO complained and quibbled; the Soviets unexpectedly moved a bishop in the great chess game of power. The convicted ghost of Ollie North haunted Pennsylvania Avenue, and House Speaker Jim Wright -- a linchpin in this Government, like him or not -- teetered. The weary old terrestrial sphere was either too hot or too cold and capricious...
...propelled by the intifadeh, the 17-month-old uprising that has left 20 Israelis and at least 361 Palestinians dead. But if another year goes by without any serious prospect of peace talks, Arafat may pronounce his initiative a failure. That could be the start of an even bloodier phase. According to Arafat confidants, P.L.O. activists may then be given the green light to start using bullets instead of stones against the Israeli occupation forces...
...have begun to recognize the fact that I am officially entering the latter half of the initial phase of the beginning of the rest of my life. Granted, I don't know what this means yet, but I'll be 20 years old in the fall, and I'm not getting any younger. Why does it bother me so much that I'm beginning to sound like my parents...
...elephants, reducing their current numbers to as few as 600,000. To cut demand, the African Wildlife Foundation, a Washington-based group, has written letters to 11,000 jewelers in the U.S. asking them to stop selling ivory products. Several major retailers, including Macy's, have already agreed to phase out ivory sales...