Word: ruggedized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The two Honduran warplanes bombed Nicaraguan positions Saturday afternoon in a rugged border area where President Jose Azcona was reinforcing troops to oust the Sandinista solidiers.
"There are stigmas attached to homosexuality and to mental illness, which often results [during] advanced stages of AIDS," Shulman said. "In this culture, which idealizes rugged individualism, and recently, narcissism, the helplessness of AIDS victims is taboo. And nobody likes to talk about death," he said.
Even as the demand for cashmere rises, the supply is severely limited. The best cashmere is woven from the hair of Kashmir goats that are now raised in China and Mongolia. By the time the finest white cashmere reaches the U.S., it costs up to $200 a yard. A lower...
Bicycle owners say that problems with weather, bad road conditions and thefts have led them to buy cheaper bikes, made for rugged terrain riding, rather than more expensive 10-speed racing bicycles.
Estimates vary. Start with what is easy: he is tall and athletic looking, but not especially rugged. His body has the long-muscled grace you see in the male half of a figure-skating pair. On to the hard part: he is quiet, sensible, mannerly, respectful to his parents and...