Word: pushes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...opposition to ROTC is based primarily upon a general feeling of contempt for the military, a contempt that is made all the worse because of its ungrateful character. When the recent push to expand public service by students is considered, the case for curtailing ROTC is further undermined...
Four Harvard police officers last week chased and arrested a Watertown man they say attempted to rob a cash register from one of the push carts at the Shops By Harvard Yard...
With his troops in semi-retreat after an unsuccessful push to end the calamitousChechnya rebellion, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered an end to air strikes that had laid waste to wide areas of the separatist republic's capital, Grozny. It was unclear whether Yeltsin's order, announced as he sent more crack Russian units toward the city, was a prelude to peace talks or a lull before a fresh ground assault. Yeltsin is facing renewed political opposition to the unpopular war at home and abroad. In Moscow, Grigory Yavlinsky, a leading reform lawmaker, called for his resignation. European criticism became...
...confidant: "If you say, 'Holy Father, did you enjoy your lunch?' he will say yes. But if you ask him what he just ate, he couldn't tell you." John Paul is often too engrossed in talk and thought to pay attention to food. Amid intense conversation, he may push his plate away and fiddle with the cutlery, eyes closed, while concentrating on the speaker's words. He listens and responds. At lunch one day, some of the Pope's advisers started talking about the violence of the Serbs in Bosnia. The Pope interjected: "And the Croats -- you think they...
...limit of one to a customer as stocks ran low; others just filled fat order books after they ran out on the first day. This brassiere from Sara Lee Foundations was an instant sensation, especially with rapidly aging baby boomers, when it appeared in department stores. A moderately priced push-up model, with several strategically placed pads to enhance shape, the Wonderbra is credited with working miracles: creating drop-dead cleavage even while defying gravity...