Word: section
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strongest, most poetic passages there seemed to be something missing. When Dole stirringly pointed to the exits in the convention hall and declared the Republicans the party of Lincoln, he invited any bigoted delegates to leave, "as I stand here and hold this ground." But the way the section was constructed, it seemed as if he were telling the party it was bigoted and no longer welcome at his convention...
...over to the FBI. The discovery has been more of a puzzle than a revelation. "What they have found is a tiny trace of PETN, a component of some kinds of plastic explosives, on a seat cushion," says Rivera. "Divers have recovered 60 percent of the wreckage from that section of the plane, and found no other traces of explosives. You would expect more traces to be there, so why haven't they found there more positive readings? Instead of a conclusion, these findings just lead to more speculation. Other tests for explosives at the local lab in Calverton have...
...last fall that the Microsoft advancemen first visited the little library in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. They came down Flatbush Avenue, past the tropical-colored stalls of mangoes and plantains, past the discount-clothing stores, past the men slapping down dominoes on chipped stoops. They did not dally at the basketball hoop lashed to a tree in front of the library. Unlike some of the kids who played there every day, the Microsoft guys actually went up the steps and inside...
...action makes that goal of terrorist strategy official policy. Each time we allow our lives to be controlled or manipulated in search of "guaranteed" safety, we give up a bit of what it means to be free. Our government's approach to terrorism is the equivalent of building one section of fence after another without a clear objective. We stand an excellent chance of being on the wrong side of the fence when it is completed. BRUCE JOHNSON Fairfield, Ohio...
What a jolly little laugh we all had the first time that one was used! It takes a person who's running for Congress, we said, to make pot smoking sound like a required laboratory assignment in the honors section of Microbiology...