Word: slot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...here, and the military just milling around," observed one of at least a dozen relief workers trying unsuccessfully to reach Goma from Entebbe last week. Several U.S. military flights that did make it as far as Goma circled the airstrip, then flew back to Entebbe after missing their landing-slot time because workers on the ground took too long to unload cargo from other planes. Government officials were demanding fees for allowing planes to land. American troops who did make it to Goma installed water- purification equipment that by Saturday was producing 120,000 gal. of water...
...solid steel door of the cell and calls to prisoner 4013970. O.J. Simpson arises and is led across the hall for his daily shower. Returning to his cell, he shaves at the stainless-steel sink. A heated kitchen cart is wheeled down the corridor, and through a slot in the door Simpson is handed a breakfast of scrambled eggs, potatoes, two slices of wheat bread and coffee brewed in a stainless-steel kitchen vat so wide it uses a bed sheet for a filter. His only utensil is a plastic spoon...
...best alternative to Old Guard types like Bob Dole and Dick Cheney and should be the party's presidential candidate in 1996. At the same time, some Republican political consultants are telling Powell that he needs to build a power base, and that he should consider a vice-presidential slot in '96 and wait until 2000 to run for President. For now, Powell -- who has never publicly revealed his party affiliation -- is continuing to work on his $6 million memoirs...
Last weekend's slot on the schedule brought the team to the Northeast Championships held at Amherst. Princeton led the nine-team field with a total of 335 strokes. Harvard shot 382 in the first round and followed it up with 360 strokes in the second to finish seventh overall...
...singles, Brenner will play in the number-one slot; Majmudar, the number two; sophomore Kate Roiter, number three; freshman Maryla Madura, number four; sophomore Kelly Grant, number five; and junior Kendra Harris, number...