Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...emergency trip by Gorbachev recalled his decision in December to cut chort a New York visit so he could rush to Soviet Armenia, where about 25,000 people were killed in an earthquake...
What Reingold found instead was a land of tremendous civility and efficiency. Even a trip to the gas station taught him something about the Japanese concept of service, as a platoon of well-mannered attendants took charge of the car, filled it up, washed it and checked the tires. His first reaction: "Why didn't someone tell me about this place before...
...efficiency was another sign of the students' organizational abilities: while central Beijing ground to a standstill because of the crowds that thronged to the square, the demonstrators, using packing string and their own bodies, cordoned off lanes so the ambulances could always get through. Many hunger strikers made the trip out; almost as many came back to resume their fast once they felt well enough...
...whether I should reverse my vote of the previous week. I asked, supposedly, for poll results, on the basis of which I would determine my vote, but was denied them and so retained my initial position. What actually happened, however, was quite different. On returning from a trip to Princeton, I received two message, respectively "urgent" and "imperative," to call the Crimson. I returned these calls out of courtesy, though I had adopted a policy three days before of not giving further interviews on the issue. On calling, I was told that I had been called as a part...
...title did not result in a bid to the NCAA title for the Crimson. It was the first time since 1983 that Harvard missed a trip to the national tournament...