Word: standing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remember exactly who won those games. But both of us were more than willing to conspire to create drama. Always it came down to the final play of the game, the clock running out as dinner time approached. It always ended with a goal line stand, a fourth down and one situation, and the inevitable two-point conversion effort. And then the fight song, and the finger jabbing. And then game day would return that next afternoon...
...STAND back, Harvard theater-goers. You want to know what you're going to get in Evita? Just a little touch of star quality. The Loeb Mainstage production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's last collaborative effort is without a doubt one of the best musical productions Harvard has seen in years...
...choice of personalities for Cabinet portfolios, specifically the Defense Ministry, may signal Shamir's intent. Vying for the post are two hard-line former holders of the post: Sharon, 60, who has criticized his own party for failing to take a tougher stand toward the Palestinians, and Moshe Arens, 62, a former Ambassador...
...course, not everyone can have the impact of math teacher Jaime Escalante, the inspiring subject of the movie Stand and Deliver. But in small towns and sprawling cities there surely are people like him, each a miracle worker in his or her own way. Teachers say the best of them are born, not made. Perhaps they are right. Several years ago, Patrice Bertha took a sabbatical to see whether she really wanted to spend the rest of her life in the classroom. She wound up tutoring at home instead. "I really missed it," she says. "That's when I told...
Thatcher made a modest offer to give Poles management training but snubbed the government's pleas for Western loans and relief on Poland's $36.4 billion foreign debt. The day when Polish officials grant real political freedoms, she said, "you will find your friends ready, not just to stand and cheer, but to help in practical ways...