Word: semis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...activity groups are semi-autonomous, each pursuing its own investigations and research, publishing pamphlets and articles in the magazine, and organizing events. Active groups include a genetics and society group--responsible for a teach-in at MIT about recombinant DNA research, on September 22--a sociobiology group, a women's issues group (fighting sexism in science is a high priority, the organization says), and a food and nutrition group...
...feeling the place could explode any minute." To avert new violence, Gierek has promised to conduct "a frank, open dialogue" with the public about his food policy. Just in case that should fail, he has also canceled military leaves so that Polish forces can maintain a state of semi-alert...
...sure, this Arden is not a realistic one; it is semi-magical. But whatever it is, the forest must contain greenery (the very word 'forest' occurs 23 times in this play, whereas no other Shakespeare play uses it more than thrice). The text mentions not only mossy oaks and osiers but also olive and palm trees, which are both evergreens; and it cites using the shade of boughs and bushes...
...other hand, most of our ad sellers and news, editorial and feature writers abandon the proverbial ship in early June, leaving only a handful of editors to put out Cambridge's only summer breakfast table semi-weekly...
...most compelling achievements of the Smith-Baxter performances is to show how separation from each other is the divorce that Antony and Cleopatra cannot bear. Their love has grafted each in the other's heart and mind so that when they are forced apart, it is a semi-suicide. She wonders, in rapt preoccupation, whether he is sitting, or standing, or riding his horse. When he orders his fleet to turn and follow her deserting ships in the sea battle that destroys his fortunes against Octavius Caesar, it is not that he has totally lost valor, but that being...