Word: stricken
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spread at two New York City schools last summer when parents refused to send their children to class because one child with AIDS was allowed to continue his studies at a public school. The two local schools eventually sued the New York Board of Education, which permitted the AIDS-stricken child to attend class...
This is no ordinary spirit-stricken shack, if only because of its impressive track record. Before the movie begins, it has already abducted our hero's son, destroyed his marriage, and killed his aunt. Not bad for an inanimate object. Then, before 10 minutes has elapsed, it manages to lure our helpless author back to the spooky edifice in order to finish...
...Some photo analysts contend that what appears to be parts of the shuttle can be detected emerging from the catastrophic fireball just after the blast (see photo). The official reticence was understandable. Any such speculation would raise the grim possibility that death was not as mercifully quick for the stricken astronauts as has been widely assumed. Still, however painful the results, the search for all such evidence has to be pursued if the mystery of Challenger's demise is to be solved and the risk of future tragedies minimized...
...Ethiopian famine stick firmly in the mind, but they tell only part of the story. A report issued by Doctors Without Borders, a Paris-based group that sends medical personnel to trouble spots around the world, charges that the Ethiopian government's efforts to resettle 575,000 famine-stricken peasants from the country's northern highlands may have left as many as 100,000 refugees dead. Says Author Claude Malhuret: "There can be no doubt that today resettlement is the biggest killer in Ethiopia, not famine...
Lanham said that the noise was difficult for the librarians to tolerate as well. "After all, we work here although we aren't so panic-stricken as the students...