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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also her sole challenger in 1984, when she won her fifth consecutive term as a state representative...
...uncertain what the long-term health effects of the gas will be on people in the region. Chin's fellow villager, Wambong, for instance, has yet to recover feeling on one side of his body. Most of the survivors, however, seem to be in fairly good condition. Despite the fact that there are lingering respiratory problems, doctors say the worst is over. Still, secondary infections are anticipated. Indeed, by week's end one Israeli medic had treated at least 50 cases of pneumonia, and more were expected to follow...
...disaster could be a blow to the area's agricultural output. The noxious cloud settled over fecund farmland, and the long-term costs could be significant. "The farmers here were famous," said an official from the Wum Area Development Authority. "They grew good crops and healthy cattle. This is a rich valley. The farms are the best in the whole region." Unfortunately, the lands surrounding Lake Nios may have to be evacuated permanently if scientists determine that a recurrence seems likely...
...College at its Maryland and New Mexico campuses, and in 1981, Brooklyn College brought in a core that some educators find more focused and demanding than Harvard's. Still, notes Gray, "the interest in the core curriculum as an innovative thing came to be expressed when Harvard used that term...
...longer term, legalistic critiques of graduate schools have led to tangible changes. "Many of my most important long-term projects deal with problems specific to particular schools," Bok says. But Bok says rather than take over from faculties which have problems, he encourages "deans to articulate the problem and to take the long view...