Word: ran
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tensions ran high at Monday night's Cambridge City Council meeting as newly-elected Mayor Francis H. Duehay '55 presided over the council for the first time since his controversial election at last week's meeting...
...fact, it was the idea of strong leadership that our current batch of candidates ran against. For the past two-and-a-half years, we have had ideologically strong and consistent leadership at the top of the council--leadership many have attacked for creating factions where there were previously none and pulling the council down into petty partisan politics. This argument ignores completely the history of the council...
Fung, who grew up in Hong Kong, says she realized how central food was to life when she watched her father get together with his friends to eat pasta on nights before they ran marathons...
...contributor to the Democratic Party. Kaye recommended Monica for a summer internship at the White House, a job she probably would not otherwise have landed. Monica "was excited about it," says a close college friend. "She enjoys hobnobbing." Especially with the famous and powerful. It was a trait that ran in the family. Says an associate of Lewis: "[She] likes the glitterati and the big names, and if young Monica got starry-eyed, it just kind of fits...
What some critics call "veggie libel laws," arose out of the 1989 controversy over the pesticide Alar. After 60 Minutes ran a report linking Alar to cancer in children, Washington State apple growers sued. After the court ruled in favor of the TV show, the agriculture industry turned its outrage into action. Working with farm lobbies across the country, it campaigned for new state laws lowering the burden of proof for plaintiffs suing over the bad-mouthing of food. So far, 13 states have passed food-disparagement laws, and a dozen other states are considering them...