Word: spate
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...billed as "Style Wars" and "Tea and Empathy." Nancy Reagan, the polished Southern California socialite, and vivacious Raisa Gorbachev, the uniquely style-conscious Soviet First Lady, were advertised as going coiffure to coiffure in a well-scripted spate of public relations appearances while their husbands went eyeball to eyeball over substance behind closed doors. In fact, while the women generated little real warmth in private discussions, they nevertheless displayed a dignity that transcended the much hyped designer-dress face-off. Pressed by a reporter about style-wars comparisons, Nancy Reagan aptly retorted: "I really think that's a little silly...
...your story on the cigarette makers' attempt to diversify, you mention the spate of product-liability cases [ECONOMY & BUSINESS, Nov. 18]. After having to practice respiratory therapy, I am no friend of the tobacco industry. But the suit against R.J. Reynolds brought by the family of the man who smoked two to three packs a day is going too far. People must take responsibility for their actions. Susan E. Beerman Sandusky, Ohio...
...guardians of China's last free-flowing rivers unveiled a memorial to a fallen comrade, an activist who had died of a heart attack in January. But their mission had another motive. Following the ceremony, they traveled into remote regions of Yunnan province to gauge opposition to a spate of new dam projects and offer assistance to vulnerable peasants trying to stop them from being built. This wasn't a secret trip. Plainclothes police videotaped everything. Undeterred, the outsiders met with peasants in the prosperous village of Chezhou and found many unwilling to sacrifice their homes to the waters behind...
...assailant, who was never identified, struck the victim from behind with a blunt object and attempted to rape her, according to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD). This was the most serious incident in a spate of more than a dozen indecent assaults against Harvard students reported near the Square between fall 2003 and fall...
...record and a 9-5 mark in Ivy play, good enough for third place. The hope and promise of spring gave way to the doubts and mixed results of a long season, as the Crimson’s young pitching staff alternately impressed and disappointed, while an improbable spate of injuries dented the roster, leaving the resilient squad to endure and forage for victories...