Word: states
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first planet orbiting Upsilon Andromedae was discovered in 1996 by researchers at San Francisco State University. But researchers noticed an irregularity to their results, suggesting that their explanation of the star's "wobbling" was incomplete...
Next in Fritz's survey is the U.S. war with Iraq. In describing the pathetic state of the Iraqi army, he quotes a U.S. official in an Iraqi POW camps saying "We were looking for warriors. Here we got these wimps." All the same, Fritz's summary of the war against Iraqis is sickening in its glorification of the brutality exercised on what he admits to be toothless Iraqi military: "The mission was proof of the last superpower's capacity to halt catastrophe when it summoned the sufficient courage...At no time in history had one ideology and one nation...
...lacrosse has seen plenty of upsets this week already. North Carolina surprised No. 2 Duke, Georgetown knocked off No. 6 Delaware and Ohio State stunned No. 16 Notre Dame...
...lacrosse has seen plenty of upsets this week already. North Carolina surprised No. 2 Duke, Georgetown knocked off No. 6 Delaware and Ohio State stunned No. 16 Notre Dame...
...other cases, a city tries to improve its education standards, only to see the state budget for education get cut and sliced. And who gets blamed when Timmy's test scores fall? Well, hopefully the state politicians do, but often it is the mayor and city council that bear the brunt of the people's wrath. They are, after all, the most convenient politicians in sight--easily accessible and personally known--they, more than any other elected officials are supposed to fight for their constituencies. A senator or representative is more affiliated with their party, whereas many local politicians like...