Word: strike
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Then came the strike of 1994. I have a rare and odd memento--a ball from the 1994 World Series--a painful and ironic reminder of the series that never was. Egos and stubbornness resulted in the unthinkable--the suspension of an annual tradition that was never previously canceled, not even for this country's two World Wars...
...Hawks were able to strike twice in the third quarter. One goal, netted by junior Jason Clarke was actually assisted by LaMonica. The goalie had crossed midfield on a busted clear and was able to draw Clarke's man into coverage before dumping off the assist...
...There are different targets for people of different sizes," Russel said. "Taller people strike at the head, while shorter people strike at the torso...
...would be another strike against those Arctic Cats, Polaris Indys, Mountain Maxes and Skidoo Formula 500s--machines whose booming popularity seems to be matched only by the growing number of people who hate them. Antisnowmobilers complain that the motorized sleds, with their primitive but powerful two-cycle engines, are loud, dirty and dangerous and that they intrude on quieter users of public lands. Most national parks tightly restrict their use; California's Yosemite and Montana's Glacier national parks prohibit them outright...
...attract attention to Everardo's disappearance, Harbury staged a 32-day hunger strike in Guatemala City in October 1994. The hunger strike drew world-wide attention to human-rights abuses in Guatemala...