Word: sudden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nearly every malemember of the class. Full time students weredeferred "in the national interest," though draftboards desperate to fill rising draft calls were,by 1966, sending menacing letters to students onleaves of absence; most scurried back toCambridge, overflowing the Houses. ROTCenrollments climbed, graduate school applicationssurged. Many men developed a sudden interest inthe Peace Corps and teaching, two other draftdodges...
...shocked at this sudden eruption of violence in the land of opportunity. Yes, the Rodney King verdict was an affront to decency, but we must hold the laws of this country sacred, say our leaders. It is only the lawless rabble that are rioting, using the protests as an excuse to plunder the city, they say. Upstanding citizens of all races know that we are a nation of justice, they say. Los Angeles is an aberration, easily fixed by sending in the National Guard...
...sudden concern evinced by the White House over the problems of the inner city is hypocritical from an administration that has spent over a decade ignoring them. Congress too is culpable...
...Clearly the company was failing when they tooktheir bonuses and was probably worth zero," onesource alleged. "it was held at artificialvaluation for some length of time and then all ofa sudden written down to zero a short time afterthey got their bonuses..... That seemsoutrageous...
...problems are a combination of poor hitting and not capitalizing on our chances," senior Liz Resnick said, "but it's tough to all of a sudden face good pitching this late in the season...