Word: rife
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...northern ports, factories and transportation at a standstill, sugar and flour shortages were mounting; gasoline was no longer available to the public in Gdansk. Communist Party Leader Edward Gierek, shaken by a purge precipitated by the workers' actions, seemed increasingly in jeopardy. Poland and the watching world were rife with rumors that Gierek's days in power were numbered...
...world of diplomacy, its language is unusually severe. It "strongly deplores" the settlements, calls them "a flagrant violation" of the Fourth Geneva Convention and cites "the grave consequences" that this Israeli policy may have on attempts to negotiate a permanent peace in the Middle East. The resolution is also rife with politics-laden buzz words to which Israeli officials and their American-Jewish supporters are particularly sensitive...
...Hemenway Gym will be rife tomorrow afternoon with more than its usual distinctive odor. Defending national squash champion Princeton will come into Cambridge swinging, backed up by an army of rowdy fans. The Crimson racquetmen will take the courts in search of an elusive upset...