Word: rife
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...host a meeting of the Organization of African Unity. Other countries constructed international airports and posh hotel complexes. Corruption was rife: in Zaire (see box), politicians poured funds into secret Swiss bank accounts; the Central African Republic spent $50 million, roughly half the country's annual budget, on the 1977 coronation of the since deposed Emperor Bokassa...
...Telegraph Co., was the breakdown of a Moscow computer that handles international calls. Although all telex lines and a few phone links continued to function sporadically, most Muscovites trying to reach an international operator were told brusquely to "please call later." Communications eventually were restored, but in rumor-rife Moscow, the event was unusual enough to prompt immediate speculation that a change of leadership, possibly involving ailing President Leonid Brezhnev, was in the works, even though there was scant evidence to support that conclusion...
Insubordination has always been rife on Weaver's teams. He and Catcher Rick Dempsey act out their disagreements by throwing shin guards. "The only thing Earl knows about pitching," onetime Ace Dave McNally declared for all time, "is that he couldn't hit it." Weaver and Mark Belanger feuded for more than a decade, but Belanger stayed Weaver's shortstop by the grace of his bright talent until, near the end, the three-by-five cards dwindled for Belanger and eventually ran out this year...
...this emotionally rife history is still well taught in British schools. "The English think that the most important event of the Elizabethan age," explains Anglican Historian Henry Chadwick, who is also an adviser to Archbishop Runcie, "was the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, when the King of Spain sent a fleet to conquer the English ships and to invade and impose Roman Catholicism on the people. When people say the Pope ought not to come, they are saying that something like the Spanish Armada is on our doorstep again. They have a notion that one last ship...
Ever since reports circulated late last month that Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev had been hospitalized following a four-day trip to Tashkent, rumors have been rife that he was gravely ill and possibly dying. Soviet officials maintained, however, that Brezhnev, 75, who has a history of cardiovascular ailments, was simply taking his annual April vacation and resting at his country home outside of Moscow. As of last week Brezhnev had made no public appearances for three weeks, but there were signs that he was carrying on at least some of his official duties...