Word: tandem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Moscow, perhaps by holding out the hope of returning the peace process to the long-suspended Geneva Conference that the Soviets chaired in tandem with the U.S. That appeared to have been the aim of Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal, who recently spoke approvingly of a possible Soviet peace role in the future...
Mitterrand backs a strong military in tandem with U.S. policy
Picking themselves up quickly for the start of game two, the Crimson jumped out to a lead of 5-0, and proceeded to run away with the contest 15-7. Defensively the team left no holes in the floor, and on the attack, the tandem of Chang to senior Elizabeth Peterson dominated play...
Although Scalise has not made any final decisions on positions, the tandem of Carrillo, the 1980 Boston Globe Scholastic Player of the Year, and Landry, a second-team Massachusetts All-Scholastic selection, worked very well together as strikers...
...serious implications, somewhat irritating to contemplate? Part of the problem resides in the term itself. It is too apocalyptic (in its private, individual way). Burnout implies a violent process ending in a devastation. The term perfectly captures an American habit of hyperbole and narcissism working in tandem: a hypochondria of the spirit. The idea contains a sneaking self-aggrandizement tied to an elusive self-exoneration. In the concept of burnout, there is no sense of human process, of the ups and downs-even the really awful downs-to which all men and women, in all history, have been subject...