Word: soiling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flare of some sort had been lit, and its orange smoke filled the room, Everett said. There was glass on the floor that appeared to be from broken bottles, and a large potted plant had been "thrown against the wall," its soil and broken pot adding to the "mess on the floor," he said...
...head. "Isn't it better to discuss our defense with our European partners instead of just with the Americans?" asked Gonzalez. In an effort to increase the size of the yes vote, the referendum promises, in addition, that nuclear weapons would continue to be prohibited on Spanish soil and the number of authorized U.S. troops in Spain would be reduced from its current number...
McGillis spent three days at Harvard during which she led two Quincy House workshops and hosted a public screening of her 1984 film release Witness, followed by a question-answer series. Saying that this was her first visit to Harvard, McGillis joked, "I have never before been on the soil of 'higher education' in my life...
...EVIL FLOURISH in our society where we give it the soil to grow. But once the evil is gone will we have to reinvent it to remind ourselves what we should not do? Should we reprint racist remarks to warn what we might revert to? And when racism was a more apparent problem than it is today, should we not have protested against it? Perhaps we are silly and being laughed at, accused of being prudes but think of the standards you apply when you laugh and try to wonder whether you can rationalize away sensitivity...
...three centuries later. An American TV crew embarks on another momentous trip: to the Soviet Union to film a mini-series based on Peter's life. But the production is in turmoil from the start, and the movie's creator is fired before the crew sets foot on Russian soil. The Soviet bureaucracy and brutal cold cause countless hardships and delays. Then the star falls ill and has to quit before filming is complete. His role is taken over by an unknown look-alike...