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...last straw, for me, was the announcement by a council officer at last Sunday's council meeting, inciting the representatives to "swarm" the tables during the balloting. Incredible, but true: council representatives in your face while you're trying to vote...

Author: By Anjalee C. Davis, | Title: Boycott the U.C. Referendum | 4/20/1994 | See Source »

Fraiberg, along with teammates Eynon, Dockery, Clark and Niederhoffer, descended on Williamstown "like a swarm of gnats," according to Eynon, to capture the first, third and sixth place finishes. The six round, 64-person draw brought the top competitors from around the country to match racquet skills...

Author: By Deirdre K. Mcnamer, | Title: W. Squash Season in Review: Squashing Gnats | 3/15/1994 | See Source »

Baird Professor of Science E.O. Wilson, the world's foremost expert on ants and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, added to his swarm of honors this week with the 1993 International Prize in Biology...

Author: By Lana Israel, | Title: Wilson Wins Int'l Biology Prize | 10/23/1993 | See Source »

...course, flexibility doesn't mean Clinton should allow a swarm of interest groups to erode the plan until it's little more than a glorified expansion of Medicare. When that happened with his budget, Clinton looked weak, not flexible...

Author: By Jordan Schreiber, | Title: Health Care Debate: A Done Deal | 9/29/1993 | See Source »

...years, along with an explosion of gonorrhea and syphilis -- all the result of the invasion of thousands of "Natashas," female traders from Moldova and Belarus in the former Soviet Union. . "Natasha yat asagi!" (pronounced Natasha yatashi) is the new mating call: Turkish for "Natasha, jump into bed!" The women swarm in with suitcases of cheap goods to hawk by day. By night they sell their services. The town of Hopa, which three years ago had no hotels, now has 32. "The whole Black Sea region has become a huge brothel," says Kemal Unluer, a municipal , official in Trabzon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prostitution: The Skin Trade | 6/21/1993 | See Source »

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