Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fire is considered the worst to strike Cambridge since February 1995, when 100 families were left homeless when a blaze ravaged Central Square...
...emphasizing attack rather than defense strategies. Most ominously, he moved his 14th division, an elite commando outfit, from Beirut, where it protects Syrian interests in Lebanon, to positions close to the frontier with Israel. Syrian officials say the recent activity is defensive and insist they have no plans to strike. Moreover, many Arab analysts accuse Israel of playing up the war talk as a means of diverting attention from the paralysis in the peace process since Netanyahu came to power. "This is a propaganda ploy," says a senior Egyptian official...
Which candidate would have the savvy to strike a deal with retailers around Cambridge? "If you write me a nice little check," he or she could emptily offer to the Eddie Bauer store at the mall, "I'll make sure that the Cambridgeside Galleria is a regular stop on the Harvard shuttle bus route. " Kudos to the candidate who offers Kinko's free advertising on all campaign literature in exchange for free poster copying. Or the first one who gets a fat check from some Harvard alumnus with the proviso that the candidate, if elected, not try to push...
...council is trying to strike the right balance that will ensure enthusiastic and active participation of emeriti [while still providing] opportunities for younger scholars to emerge into larger roles in the department," said Professor of the History of Science Allan M. Brandt...
...single best advice I would give someone is to walk in the middle of the street," he said. "The light is much better and if assailants want to strike, they have to come out into the light...