Word: strains
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...entitled at least to the protection of international law, the United Nations charter and basic human rights. His extended imprisonment, Rogers concluded, violated all three. Citing testimony by University of Kansas Sociologist William Robert Arnold, the judge said that inmates detained without a time limit endure "more mental strain than an ordinary prisoner." He ordered the Government to prove at a hearing that Rodriguez is dangerous to society or else grant him some form of relief within 90 days, ranging from assignment to a refugee camp to outright release...
...strain of influenza, an outbreak of which has reached epidemic proportions statewide, has struck Harvard...
...strain of influenza, Bangkok A, is similar to the Hong Kong flu and shares essentially the same symptoms-- coughing, chills, body aches, headaches and a low fever. Because of its relation to the Hong Kong flu, most people have developed some immunity to the Bangkok A strain, Wacker said...
...This strain of flue and its major complication, pneumonia, caused 18 per cent of the deaths in Boston last week, Nicholas Fiumara, director of the Massachusetts Division of Communicable Diseases, said yesterday. Flu and pneumonia usually account for 4 or 5 per cent of deaths at this time of year...
...center of this idea appears smaller than he is. At 6 ft. 1 in., 185 Ibs., his body is tight, as tight as it can be on a large frame, though there is no sign of pulling or strain. It is the body of an actor, of someone used to being scrutinized from all angles, so it has all but willed as tidy and organized an appearance as possible. His size also seems an emblem of his modesty. Lyndon Johnson used to enter a room and rape it. Reagan seems to be in a continual state of receding, a posture...