Word: tear
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard plans to tear down the hotel and construct an office building on the site, but the University cannot do so until the city gives up its right to the parking lot land underneath. The City Council--especially Councillor Francis H. Duehay '55--wants to know exactly what that right is worth...
...long periods. Fetal growth, including head and brain size, may be impaired, strokes and seizures may occur, and malformations of the kidneys, genitals, intestines and spinal cord may develop. If the cocaine dose is large enough, the blood supply can be cut so sharply that the placenta may tear loose from the uterus, putting the mother in danger and killing the fetus. The horrid litany is not just the result of binges. Even one "hit" of crack can irreparably damage a fetus or breast-fed baby...
...biggest weakness on the defensive front for the Patriots this year will be the defensive line, putting even more pressure on Andre Tippett and the secondary. The loss of Kenneth Sims for the year due to an Achilles tendon tear was not exactly at the top of Coach Raymond Berry's Christmas list...
...dingy, dilapidated classroom. Yet many school districts, especially the 600 largest, which enroll 40% of all public-school students, lack the ability to raise sufficient taxes or sell enough bonds to keep their schools up to standard. The Federal Government should make no- interest loans available to tear down or rebuild old buildings and replace them with smaller, more attractive units. School systems would not be permitted to pocket the savings but, in exchange for the aid, would be required to shift their current expenditures for maintenance into areas directly related to education -- higher teacher salaries and reduced class sizes...
...opponents had a more immediate goal. Taking advantage of the lifting of a state of emergency two weeks ago, thousands took to the streets in a thunderous protest of the vote. The army moved in with tear gas and water cannons. Three people were killed, and 21 wounded. The plebiscite is actually a referendum on Pinochet's rule. A si vote would keep him in power until 1997. A no would bring open elections next year...