Word: soon
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...tougher issues like global warming, Bush will need to push for measures that require sacrifice and stir protest. Almost everyone agrees, for example, that the easiest way to cut carbon-dioxide emissions would be to reduce wasteful consumption of gasoline in the U.S. The Administration is expected to announce soon that by 1991 automakers will be required to raise the average fuel efficiency of their fleets to 27.5 m.p.g., up from 26.5 m.p.g. this year. That is a step in the right direction, but an extremely timid one. The Government should be setting much higher goals. An even quicker...
Bianca Green was born in February suffering from severe oxygen deprivation, and died two days later. Hospital authorities in Rockford, Ill., soon found signs of what they believed was the cause of death: cocaine in the baby's urine, as well as in the bloodstream of her 24-year-old mother Melanie. Last week local law-enforcement officials arrested Melanie Green and charged her with involuntary manslaughter and supplying drugs to a minor...
...that went, "Hello? [five second pause] Hold on, I'll check. [five more seconds] Sorry, he's not here, but NEITHER ARE WE! [hysterical laughing] So please leave a message." Unoriginal as it may be, that one received some priceless replies. However, we changed the message pretty soon...
This spring, we won three major tournaments posted a record of 14-1, our best since winning the National Championship in 1984. Several of our players earned all-East honors and will soon try out for the all-American team. Harvard rugby is undoubtedly a serious sport...
...police soon freed their five colleagues and arrested 94 students, but the incident shocked South Koreans. Despite almost daily clashes with student demonstrators, until last week only two policemen and two students had died since the country announced democratic reforms in 1987. Though the list of student grievances has changed over the years, one demand has not: the overthrow of the government...