Word: provenances
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Russian high command is rethinking the operation now. Reinforcements, paratroops and special forces are massing in Chechnya for another offensive. The rebels, in spite of their proven skill at guerrilla warfare, will probably not be able to hold Grozny long against these forces. But, as many in Russia are asking, at what cost comes victory...
...organization's future will be most secure if it chooses Brandon C. Gregoire '95 as its leader. Gregoire, the council's vice-president, is an honest, proven leader who has dedicated the last three years to the council. Another fine choice would be Rudd W. Coffey '97, co-chair of the council's student affairs committee. Still, Coffey is young, and might do better to serve as vice-president for a semster, before assuming the presidency next fall...
...Penn State has proven anything with its perfect football season, the difference between number one and number two is often indistinguishable, no matter how many votes separate them...
...which is so often lost in institutions such as Harvard, and which McGuire also fails to recognize. As a conservative, I recognize respect for the individual to be the cornerstone of any productive society. Classification and separation are carried out instead by social engineers, who have rarely, if ever, proven themselves worthy of imitation. William E. Pike...
...fragile portion of the artery with a graft from another one in the body. The new experimental device, basically a cylindrical patch that reinforces the weakened area, can be positioned in the aorta through a thin tube inserted into the groin area and guided up to the chest. If proven as effective as the surgery, the device, currently being tested on 150 patients in a four-year program, could be a major boon. "Any time you can avoid major surgery, you're better off," says TIME health reporter Janice Castro...