Word: units
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Under the present system, freshmen choose their rooming groups, which may then be organized into "blocs," or groups of rooms which will sail through the lottery process as a single unit, all eventually entering the same House...
...people were killed in an explosion at the central telephone and telecommunications center. Two callers to news agencies claimed responsibility for the latest action: the Arya group, a Paris-based collection of exiles who want to restore the Pahlavi monarchy, and a spokesman for the previously unheard-of Unit of Martyr Khalafi. No matter who was to blame for the blast, it was an indication that the five-year-old regime of the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini still faces bitter opposition inside Iran...
...search. Their mission was not just to destroy the mines but to find and analyze them first. A Sea Stallion, flying at an altitude of 200 to 300 feet, uses a "sled" to tow a sonar detecting system through the water. Once a suspected mine is located, the unit sends divers down to take a look at the object...
...Utah medical center for a second implant. Said DeVries: "I'm tired of having patients die while trying to cut through red tape." He expects the ethical-review process to be speedier in Kentucky, but there will still be some red tape to get through. The Utah unit was the only one in the country with authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to perform artificial-heart surgery. Now the Humana institute must obtain the same approval...
...unlike the Wigglesworth and Canaday set-ups, Strauss does not have an underground tunnel system. Instead, engineers placed the unit in the Strauss basement, which Rosen said "was not quite as convenient...