Word: tested
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...test my source's reliability, I asked him to repeat the "potato catechism." He lowered his voice and began, "O'Brien, lyonnaise, new potatoes, oven-broiled, mashed, skincredibles and home fries. Then back to O'Brien...
Harvard Co-Captain Scott Hilinski noted how a game like Saturday's against Berkeley is an enjoyable opportunity to test the Crimson's skills against a superior opponent without losing ground in its league standings...
...Thursday, as the stench of decaying bodies wafted over the debris, officials gave up and called in equipment to lift off the slabs. The next night, engineers attached a cable to a pillar at a particularly fragile point of the wreckage to test the structure's ability to sustain the weight of more workers. The rubble shifted, opening a larger gap. It was a prelude to a miracle...
Shortly after 6 a.m. on Saturday an engineer climbed into the newly exposed space to evaluate the test. He was astonished: something had moved inside a silver Chevrolet Sprint. Excited rescuers crawled cautiously closer. They found a man, alive and semiconscious, still strapped into the front seat. When a paramedic shouted, the man moved his head. Struggling gingerly for five hours, they extricated Buck Helm, 57, a shipping clerk, who managed to wave an arm as he was lifted to a waiting ambulance amid the cheers of exultant searchers. His condition was described as critical but stable. He had survived...
Human-rights advocates had looked to the Athens vote as a key test for the W.P.A. Although the Soviet delegation announced no specific personnel changes, it did call for "enlightened leadership in the psychiatric community in the U.S.S.R." That failed to appease the majority, which seemed unwilling to , restore the Soviets' membership. Then vice president-elect Felice Lieh Mak of Hong Kong suggested a compromise: making readmission contingent on a satisfactory W.P.A. visit to Soviet psychiatric facilities in the next year. Only then did the majority swing to the Soviet side. The vote was 291 to 45, with 19 abstentions...