Word: reads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington time), but more than eleven hours passed before what had happened became clear. At midday the U.S. was sticking to its contention that the ship had defended itself against an F- 14. Finally, at 1:20 p.m. Washington time, White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater read a statement from President Reagan, who had been awakened at Camp David at 4:52 a.m. and told of the new fighting. "I am saddened to report," said the President, "that it appears that in a proper defensive action by the U.S.S. Vincennes this morning in the Persian Gulf, an Iranian airliner was shot...
...hajj twice." He has also carefully observed the literary landscape, looking for new writers to translate. "It is easier to get published down there than it is in the U.S.," he says, "but harder to make money at it. There are many little magazines, and they are widely read. It's as if the Kenyon Review had The New Yorker's circulation. But the fees paid to contributors are nothing like The New Yorker...
Fitzsimmons says that once his office receivesthe application, at least three people read itbefore coming to any acceptance decision. Oneperson, who represents the applicant's region,serves as an advocate for the people from thatarea, and is also a member of a subcommittee,which, depending on the number and quality of theapplicants from an area, makes recommendations tothe final decision committee...
Remember when you read that great little booklet put out by the admissions committee? Remember when you decided Harvard was the only place to cultivate your interests in Sanskrit and chess...
...read about the economic modernizations touted by Deng Xiopang--they were the subject of occassional newspaper stories and magazine articles, though they had never received the amount of media coverage accorded to glasnost in the Soviet Union or the new economic hegemony of Japan...