Word: strongest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Duarte's strongest ally may be the 41,000-member armed forces that nearly killed him twelve years ago. Most of El Salvador's 14 departmental commanders are pledged to support the new government. Those known to favor D'Aubuisson are expected to be transferred to harmless administrative jobs or to embassies abroad. One reason for the armed forces' anticipated compliance is the promise of additional U.S. military aid; last week the Salvadoran army began taking delivery of $32 million worth of ammunition and field equipment...
...labor force or to form families." At least black leaders are now declaring that family instability is an urgent concern. "It has been the strong black family that is the reason for our survival as a people," said N.A.A.C.P. Executive Director Benjamin Hooks at the Fisk conference. "When the strongest link of our culture is threatened, our very survival as a race is threatened...
Even in this period of greater peace within herself, MacLaine says, the one constant in her life is change: "My strongest personality trait is the way I keep unsettling my life when most other people are settling down." Romance is sacrificed to her fervor for growth: "I have mostly used relationships to learn, and when that process is over, so is the relationship." Friends and especially lovers can find her exhausting because she peppers them with endless questions, shifts moods in a matter of seconds and demands that everyone keeps up with her. She admits, "My biggest goal right...
With Moryl and Hart in the spotlight, the burden ought to fall on the defenses. And that's where the Crimson has the advantage. Led by juniors Ellen O'Neill and Andy Mainelli, the Harvard defense has been the strongest part of the young squad, limiting opponents to just under five goals a game...
...meticulously argued report, which is the ACSR's most thoroughly researched statement since 1978, offers its strongest critique yet of Harvard's stated policy of "intensive dialogue" with companies in the University portfolio...