Word: possess
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both claims had a slightly empty ring. Baghdad almost certainly does not possess a satellite or the technology to build one. As for the missiles, Western analysts express some doubts about the accuracy of any longer-range missiles under development in Iraq...
...order to make education truly equitable, we will have to make some people angry. First, we have to take away the veto power of teachers' unions over educational reforms. We need to make teaching the domain of those who have demonstrated competence and ability to teach, not those who possess a meaningless teaching credential...
...Crimson flew out to Lincoln Wednesday, thus allowing ample time to adjust to the one-hour time difference. Harvard may have more trouble adjusting to the height difference--the Cornhuskers possess two seven-footers and seven others taller than...
...their seats. He ordered them in no uncertain terms to sit at attention from that point on. Says senior defensive tackle Jeff Alm, who is almost 1 ft. taller and 120 lbs. heavier than Holtz: "He's not the biggest guy in the world, but he seems to possess a lot of power." Last month a furious Holtz told the team he would resign if they ever fought again with opposing players, as they did before their game against U.S.C. There was a laugh from the back of the room. Holtz cast a withering glance in the direction...
...should not imply that I possess a monopoly on phone-awkardness in my suite. My roommates have also created a problem or two for me, getting on the line in the middle of a call. My conversations are thus regularly punctuated by clicks and clacks of all sorts...