Word: shifts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Iraq is trying to throw sand into the gears of the allies' military preparations. Saddam might hope to delay or disrupt a possible allied flanking attack around the western tip of Kuwait by forcing American, British or Arab troops that have been moving west to shift back to the east. Perhaps he also tried to take some of the bombing pressure off his supply lines and rear installations by forcing the U.S. to divert planes into close support of ground forces along the border...
This recognition, and the subsequent shift in administrative attitude toward the Ed School, may be easier to achieve as education becomes a higher priority for major universities across the country...
...contest's winning goal came just 49 seconds after the opening faceoff. B.U. goaltender Michelle Mesnick, in trouble on the opening shift, let a shot from Crimson third-stringer Emily Diehl slip...
Forty to 45 percent of Cambridge cabbies are minorities, according to Cavellini. Women drivers comprise a far smaller percentage--six work the night shift, and 30 or so go out during...
Besides acting as a damper on business, the war and recession have shifted fortunes from one industry to another. The travel business's loss, for example, is the telephone industry's gain. Video conferencing and faxing are booming as executives shift to meeting electronically instead of in person. Since the war started, AT&T's video-conferencing traffic has doubled, while U.S. Sprint's has tripled...