Word: standing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Krenz is also regarded with suspicion by many because of his connections with the Stasi, or secret police. Few citizens seem persuaded that Krenz had a true change of heart when he ordered police forces to stand back during the demonstrations that continue to spread like a brush fire, last week drawing 100,000 people into the streets of Leipzig. Many point instead to his comments on recent trips to China and West Germany, during which he expressed support for the Beijing leadership's crackdown on the pro-democracy movement...
...species list often goes unnoticed. But last week champagne flowed in Lausanne, Switzerland, and sighs of relief echoed around the world. Reason: delegates to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) voted to place the elephant, earth's largest land mammal, on the roll of animals that stand worrisomely close to the brink of extinction. That decision, supported by 76 nations and a legion of conservation and environmental groups, triggered a worldwide ban on the ivory trade. The hope is that it will bring an end to a decade of slaughter in which poachers have reduced Africa...
...defense. Against Dartmouth, the Crimson played its most intense defensive game since the 1987 season. Gicewicz talked about a "new attitude" after the defense held Dartmouth to just 50 yards rushing and staged a dramatic goal-line stand...
...feel very happy for Brian Kotz. As happy as I feel disappointed for Derek Lewis," said Restic, referring to Harvard's punter who fumbled two snaps Saturday. The first fumble gave Dartmouth the ball at Harvard's 9-yd. line prior to the goal-line stand and the second, when Lewis fumbled the snap out of the end zone, gave Dartmouth a safety and a 5-3 lead...
...when the French Academy made public Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre's new process for fixing images on a metal plate and, a few months later, Englishman William Henry Fox Talbot broke the news of his own separate process. Since then, photography has been the best way of making time stand still...