Word: standing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Africa, we stand very far behind in political development," said Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the former minister of finance in Liberia...
...They are like dogs who go and pee around the corners," the member of parliament said. "They stand up and I say 'here we go again. He's peeing...
...hemisphere, most notably in Grenada. Sadly, Congress has given itself a reactive, subsidiary role as a glorified back-seat driver, constantly watching over the shoulder of the White House and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As in Honduras, this relationship prevents the United States from taking a strong military stand against communism and limits our ability to use force when and where we ought to. Divisions also makes our allies doubt our determination and gives our adversaries renewed confidence...
They used to call Villanova "Vanilla-ova" because of its predominatly white student body. Now, that vanilla seemed to stand for something else...
Between this rock and a hard place, British-born Physicist Freeman Dyson makes a spirited stand for optimism. Will our species end in fire or ice? Fire, the author concedes, would pose a difficult problem, but man might be able to overcome ice: "It is easier to keep warm on Pluto than to keep cool on Venus." Will we blow ourselves up? Probably not: "We shall abolish nuclear weapons, not by a sudden outburst of peace and goodwill but by a slow process of erosion. The weapons will be abolished as the missions for which they were designed come...