Word: run
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With little formal structure, EFZ relies on its members to organize campaigns, run meetings and train new volunteers...
Faced with a smaller number of available council seats, argued Boni-Saenz, the representative who introduced last night's legislation, would-be council representatives would have to run for their seats instead of just signing up for them...
...Jackson's findings don't seem to have discouraged the rebels from Redmond. The two compact MSN Web Companions that made their first live appearance at Comdex may have been built by the European TV maker Vestel, but everything else about them is pure Microsoft. The Web-only terminals run Microsoft's slimmed-down Windows CE, connect with MSN Internet access and feature MSN Web services like Hotmail. Due out next year, they'll retail...
Though sanctioned by the university, the 90-year-old bonfire tradition is almost entirely student run; it is much loved by both students and alumni. The university contends that it keeps vigilant watch over the project; a faculty adviser manages the site, and all the students undergo safety training. Cranes and other heavy machinery are operated by licensed construction workers, three of whom are on hand at the site. But it's not clear how many adults were still around at the late hour of the accident. Then there are questions about whether the work site was sufficiently regulated...
...escaped anyone, it seems that industry isn't doing the planet any good, and our riverways may be getting the brunt of the abuse. Among the world's largest - and most traveled - waterways, the Yellow River (China), the Colorado River (U.S.) and the segment of the Nile River that runs into the Mediterranean (Africa) are in terrible shape, due mostly to agricultural and industrial run-off, as well as increased rates of evaporation. On the bright(er) side, the relatively sheltered Amazon (South America) and Congo (sub-Saharan Africa) are looking pretty robust. For the moment, anyway...