Word: roped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...miles down the road from the border guards' shack where Lieut. Colonel Reso Chachua wards off the winter winds of the Caucasus, a thick rope stretches across a boundary that neatly illustrates what it means to have Russia as a next-door neighbor. On Chachua's side of the rope lies Georgia, a former republic of the Soviet Union that declared its independence in 1991. Less than 200 yards on the other side lies Abkhazia, a former part of Georgia, which won its as yet unrecognized independence last year by breaking a Moscow- mediated cease-fire and, with the help...
...Russians. Those weapons, however, were not for fighting the Abkhazians -- who had already consolidated their victory -- but for putting down another insurrection by Georgian followers of former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Thanks to the Russian guns, Gamsakhurdia's resistance finally collapsed. Now rival leaders on both sides of the rope boundary find themselves indebted to Moscow. To Chachua, at least, the logic is all too obvious. "Everything here," the Georgian commander concludes, "depends on Russia...
Strangled on plastic jump rope...
...free to come to as many or as few work-outs as they can make. Tommy circulates through-out the room during workouts, offering pointers to those struggling with their technique. When they are not getting instruction from Coach Rawson, club members do push-ups and situps. They jump rope, shadow box, and hit the speed bag. They also sweat. A lot. Members like Katie Feoick '96-- who joined the club in part because she was looking for an activity which would keep her fit--have not been disappointed...
...designed by Chuck Adomanis, is outstanding. The Agassiz stage becomes the quarterdeck of the H.M.S. Pinafore: A large folded sail looms above the stage, rope-ladders dangle from the balconies, varnished wood planks completely cover the floor, and a big mast and two staircases link the upper and lower decks of the ship. In the second act, the night sky is simulated by two back-projected slides, making stars twinkle. Gas lamps and the nicely-decorated captain's room add small details to this vivid environment...