Word: training
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...join the bandwagon by late spring, easily meeting the constitutional requirement that petitions be approved by 34 states. Said Oregon State Senator Jason Boe, president of the National Conference of State Legislatures, which has led the convention campaign: "It's going to come on like a freight train...
...They train in the mountains of Spam's Basque region with weapons bought from the proceeds of bank robberies and extortion. They are mostly young, middle class, Marxist-Leninist in ideology. They carry out their bloody missions skillfully-eight political killings so far this year 63 last year-if sometimes reluctantly Says the mother of one: "My son did not enjoy killing, but he thought that otherwise nothing could be accomplished." Their acronym, ETA (for Euzkadi ta Azkatasuna, or Basque Homeland and Liberty), has become synonymous with terror in Spain. Their goal: an independent state composed of the four...
...course, not every employee is thrilled at spending the lunch hour sweating and straining, even at company expense. Only a fraction of eligible employees take advantage of the programs. Xerox's Leesburg facility is used by barely a third of the 180,000 people who yearly train at the center. New York's Cardio-Fitness reports a 15% dropout rate. Says one former client: "I find it mind-bendingly boring. I hate taking another shower and then putting on sweaty underwear. I hate spending an hour of my time jumping around over there...
...afternoon of New Year's Eve, Elizabeth McFadden, 11, and her sister Alice, 12, were playing near their home in Central Islip, N.Y., when two youths accosted them, demanding money. Alice fled over some Long Island Rail Road tracks. Halfway across, Elizabeth saw a train bearing down on her, tried to turn back and stumbled. Her right leg was severed just above the knee by the wheels...
...This is no telling how long it will take "the Brickhouse," as his teammates affectionately refer to him, to train his way into last season's form, but his mere presence in practice has already affected a notable uplifting of team morale...