Word: repeat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...National Black United Front contend, Black men have often been killed by police while reaching into their pockets for identification, or, in one case, a Bible. Arrest situations are tense affairs: officers have accidentally shot each other in moments of confusion. But incidents like the Melvin killing will only repeat themselves if, as Sliwa hopes, we all get into the habit of automatically labelling "them" as "punks...
...Gulag Archipelago in 1956. This time American diplomacy had helped to improve conditions within the Soviet Union. But in the absence of clear, consistent ideas about how the Soviet system really works, American efforts to make that system more compatible with U.S. interests and values have been doomed to repeat old errors and commit new ones...
...fallen in Iran. Taraki's policies seemed certain to ensure there would also be a massive Muslim insurrection in Afghanistan. Taraki's response was to slaughter any opposition within his reach. Moscow tried to persuade him that this was a recipe for disaster, he should not repeat Stalin's errors. Taraki told Moscow to mind its own business...
Even if the economy had not overwhelmed the New Right's agenda for a return to "traditional values," the purge of 1980 would have been nearly impossible to repeat. NCPAC, which had carefully targeted high profile liberals in 1980, touched off a blunderbuss in this election, attacking too many candidates too soon. The New Right organization, while highly funded, did not have enough candidates ready to run. And this time the movement's targets were not complacently ignoring the threat. They fought back...
...Engineers had surprised Harvard, 11-7, a week ago in a non-tournament matchup at Blodgett They were all set to repeat that performance Saturday morning in their home pool, especially with a large contingent of seniors hoping to play in their first Easterns, and with a boisterous crowd of 200 supporters...