Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...aquarium's thin and fragile glass bounds offer convenient and helpful protection. The Harvard Aquarium must stand still, no matter what happens outside...
Students were protesting Carnesale's refusal to take a stand opposing Prop. 209, a contentious law which man- dates the termination of all state-runaffirmative action programs in California...
...Poll numbers for the "no" vote stand at 20 to 25 percent, but more worrying to Blair has been the 20 to 25 percent undecided. "The 'yes' campaign has lacked energy," says Hillenbrand. "The problem is that nobody in Northern Ireland's really enthusiastic about the deal, because there are too many warts on it for both sides." Still, says Hillenbrand, the trusty alternative-too-ghastly-to-contemplate mantra will propel a majority on both sides to say yes -- through gritted teeth...
...public high school I attend, the WWJD wristbands have become a joke. Instead of "What Would Jesus Do?" some students say the letters stand for "We Want James Dean" or even "What Would Jane Do?" On the issue of allowing religion in schools, I would like to remind the government that 15 minutes spent in daily prayer would add up to 45 hours each school year that could otherwise be spent on better education. I have nothing against the practice of religion; I just don't want it in school. L.M. MYERCHIN, age 14 San Bernardino, Calif...
...hear Senator Hatch defending...lawyers of the Justice Department, I figure he has been listening to Sympathy for the Devil a little too much lately. There is another Rolling Stones song that describes what Microsoft does for its customers--a little hit called Satisfaction...[To everyone] who wants to stand between Microsoft and its customers, all I can say is, fellas, You Can't Always Get What You Want...