Word: summered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mentioning at the moment, would be to reacquire Don Baylor. The former Sox DH, whose fine career is now winding down in Oakland, was widely credited for bringing badly-needed leadership to the '86 Sox team that went to the Series. Picked up by the Twins last summer for their stretch drive, Baylor performed well and had a few clutch hits in the World Series...
...Committee to Review Affirmative Action will not hold additional meetings this summer, but each of the nine members will conduct research into Harvard's--and other comparable research universities'--past performances in hiring minority and women faculty members, Committee Chairman Sidney Verba said yesterday...
...went last week at the first, extraordinary party gathering since 1941, an event that proved extraordinary in every sense of the word. Day after sweltering day in an early summer heat wave, nearly 5,000 delegates met in the Kremlin's vast Palace of Congresses to debate their country's political future, and specifically the fate of Gorbachev's three-year-old program of perestroika (restructuring). A combination political convention, town meeting, classroom lecture and gripe session, the gathering turned into an astonishing exercise in Gorbachev's second-favorite buzz word, glasnost (openness). More than 70 delegates spoke their minds...
...showers were far from enough to break what meteorologists describe as the most devastating dry spell in 50 years. If the drought stretches through the summer, its economic effects could prove as far-reaching as a cloudless Montana sky. Any sizable increase in inflation is still remote, but a persistent drought could bring higher prices for products ranging from cherries to Christmas trees, breakfast cereal to beer. While farmers fortunate enough to have a healthy crop will enjoy the windfall of higher prices this year, the shriveled overall yield could reduce U.S. agricultural exports in the long run by losing...
...year's total harvest, may amount to only 250 million bu. That is less than half of last year's level. Result: consumers are likely to pay higher prices for pasta, much of which is made from the northern durum wheat. Should the drought persist through the summer, the same will hold true for soybean- based foods, which range from trendy tofu to salad dressing...