Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What I saw was an aw-shucks style, enhanced by Babbit's drawl and the way he would summarize a complicated point by explaining exuberantly...
Harvard took a power-20 stroke at the 900-meter mark. From that point, the momentum and the race would be the Crimson...
Radcliffe was two seats ahead of MIT after the first 10 strokes of the race, quickly opening up and gaining open water by the 500-meter mark. From that point on, the lights were basically racing against the clock...
Sophomore Jonathan Cardi rallied from a 5-4 deficit in the first set to defeat Tom Mahoney, 7-5, 6-0 at the fifth singles position. The last point perfectly exemplified the play of the match as both players exchanged a flurry of volleys, with Cardi winning when Mahoney's shot landed wide...
...Soviet Union have clung to power until their deaths. But the one exception -- Nikita Khrushchev, the earthy reformer of a generation ago -- stands as a cautionary reminder of the perils of perestroika. The combination of glasnost and demokratizatsiya runs the risk of giving conservatives the chance to point to a breakdown in social order. This is a major consideration in one of the most order-obsessed regimes on earth. Gorbachev's situation, like the fate of his reforms, will thus remain precarious...