Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lavishly printed invitation mentioned limited space and advised a quick reply--along with $15 for each ticket. But by the time I received my invitation, there were only two days until my return to Harvard. I figured it would be faster to take my check and my reply card to the dean's office personally, rather than sending them in. I went to the dean's office right from Logan Airport, my check in hand, my new dress still wrapped in tissue, my floral crown on order, and my mind dancing with visions of an evening Daisy Buchanan would envy...
...American in cross country, indoor and outdoor track--led all the way on the 5000-meter course to capture first-place honors. Klassen's time of 16:55 placed her four seconds ahead of a wave of four Stanford women who swept across the finish line in quick succession...
Ersek opened the scoring by converting a Landau cross at 8:50. After the visitors countered with their only goal of the day past Crimson goalie Denise Katsias, Felsen and Landau countered in quick succession to give Harvard a safe lead...
Moderate political leaders, meanwhile, grieved silently at the damage the violence on both sides was doing to their hopes for a transition to democracy. They were quick to denounce the assassination attempt. Said Enrique Silva Simma, president of the Democratic Alliance, an umbrella group of moderate parties: "We believe that acts of this kind neither contribute to pacifying the country nor help achieve democracy." Since 1983, when Pinochet loosened some of the restrictions on political activity, the moderates have been struggling to find a way of persuading the dictator to yield to a civilian electoral process. The latest plan...
...demanding what amounts to the status of a separate and equal government in the discussions, claiming the right to represent the Filipino people in the talks. The rebels deny making such demands. In any case, most observers do not foresee the talks with the Communists leading to a quick settlement. Says one foreign diplomat in Manila: "Aquino will become more hardheaded, and the Communists will milk the talks for all they...