Word: voids
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have on a city or a nation. Schell looks beyond that particular horror to an even greater one and ponders the awful finality itself. If the worst comes true, after all, what more is there to think about? But Schell looks beyond the end, as it were, into the void. "Death lies at the core of each person's private existence, but part of death's meaning is to be found in the fact that it occurs in a biological and social world that survives." Were that world to perish, it would be "the second death"-the death...
...Navy falters Cornell should be there to fill the void. The Big Red lost only two players (Greg Allen and Bill Bacon) from last year's third-place team to graduation, and began the 1982 season with an impressive 4-3 California trip before returning to the snowy Northeast...
...protégé of both Suslov and Brezhnev, lost his job as head of the Central Council of Trade Unions last week. According to rumors, as many as 4,000 Suslov-backed officials may have been fired since his death. Chernenko has moved aggressively to fill the void. Significantly, he stood immediately beside Brezhnev at Suslov's funeral, while Chernenko's leading rival, Andrei Kirilenko, 75, remained at a conspicuous distance...
Koziara says she may play in AAU leagues to stay in shape after graduation or possibly play semi-pro basketball in Europe, which would void her Olympic eligibility...
...same time a significant voice of dissent is emerging in Washington Rep. Gerry Studds (D-Mass) is sponsoring a bill declaring the certification null and void and requiring Congress to certify that the conditions have been met before military aid can be sent. This bill has over 70 co-sponsors in the House Sen Paul Tsongas (D-Mass) and Rep. Silvio Conte (R-Mass.) have co-sponsored a bill that would institute an official United States policy calling for political negotiations with the involvement of all parties. In addition to these legislative initiatives, members of Congress, including some traditional conservatives...