Word: wakeful
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...Peres' plans for returning the administration of the major towns to moderate Palestinians after three years of direct military control. And it was a savage tragedy for a distinguished family that has taken a lead in trying to improve the quality of life on the West Bank. In the wake of al Masri's assassination, three other moderate mayoral candidates all announced that they were unavailable because they did not want to "discredit the leadership of the P.L.O." The likelihood is that they simply feared for their lives...
...close enough, though, and for a long time one of the seminal forces in all of rock lay dormant. The Everly Brothers, who matched the lofting harmonies of mountain music to the uptown soul of rhythm and blues, sang with a single heart. Their hits -- like Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, Bird Dog -- were history everyone could hum. But rock changed when the British hit in the early '60s, and the Everlys had a tough time hanging on, to their success and each other. "Rock 'n' roll was an American invention," Phil says...
Fred C. Davidson, who has presided over the Athens, Ga., campus for the past 19 years, resigned last Thursday after blasting the university's the wake of a scandal over the preferential academic treatment for student athletes...
...wake of controversial disciplinary proceedings, critics charge that Harvard's interest in those who make this a vital community ends at Byerly Hall. Last week the university could have answered those critics. Knowing that it might call on the CRR when divestment protests heat up this spring, the faculty could have committed itself to bringing Harvard reality into line with Harvard rhetoric. It could have decided to reform--or scrap--the CRR before it limits freedom and attests to the university's hypocrisy. Instead, the faculty balked...
People in the airline business are well accustomed to turbulence, but last week they fastened their seat belts and reached for the air-sickness pills. In the wake of the proposed Texas Air-Eastern and TWA-Ozark mergers, everyone from chief executives to flight attendants was wondering nervously just how much those megadeals would shake up the industry. The already fierce competition in the skies is sure to become even more cutthroat. Many airlines may find it increasingly hard to turn a profit, and union members will face new threats to their high salaries. But air travelers, faced with...