Word: setter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rival leaders each hope to establish and control an independent Kurdistan overlapping the borders of Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran. Massoud Barzani, who leads the western half of the enclave, is shy, soft spoken and uncomfortable around foreigners. Jalal Talabani, who controls the east, is a garrulous jet-setter who mixes well at embassy parties. The only thing the two have in common is a long-standing hatred for each other. In an increasingly bitter showdown that has turned Kurd against Kurd, they are, says a Western diplomat in Ankara, willing to "risk committing national suicide...
...Crimson was again without setter Evan Beachy, and rotated both Peter Buletza and Hyderi in that position. Also missing from the line-up was outside hitter Ben Taxy...
...Personally, I felt we had enough talent to win," setter Abbas Hyderi said. "It's disappointing because we've lost six or seven five-game matches over the last two weeks...
Well, Harvard was struck by lightning before the match even started--setter Evan Beachy was absent from action because of family matters...
...very hard adjustment for us--especially since the setter is a team's foundation. Everyone is used to having [Beachy] in the position," Hyderi said...