Word: preparedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Behind the street theater, though, a profound seriousness pervaded Tiananmen, born of the knowledge that people were prepared to die for democracy. Construction workers and medical volunteers erected a makeshift clinic, using scaffolding and canvas, as doctors and nurses ministered to the hunger strikers, some of whom had sworn off...
UP to this point, it all seemed unreal. But the second car's arrival forced me to take it more seriously. I hoped the police were not prepared to "apprehend the perpetrators." There were several inaudible words over the walkie-talkie, then I heard "dark clothes..." I cursed myself for...
In an article on a recent Undergraduate Council Services committee meeting, I was reported to have said that all "ROTC students are economically disadvantaged." In fact, this view was expressed by someone else at the meeting, and is a blanket statement with which I cannot concur. Certainly, there are students...
By now, one might think, Washington would have wised up. Again and again, Mikhail Gorbachev has grabbed headlines and impressed world opinion by making catchy, if often propagandistic, arms-control offers. So it would behoove any American official who sits down with the Soviet leader to be prepared for surprises...
Take that title literally. Under pressure to come up with an advertising campaign for a new pimple cream, hard-charging Dennis Bagley (Richard E. Grant) develops a nasty little boil on his neck. Ah, yes, a psychosomatic symptom, bound to happen to anyone with a conscience who is trying to...