Word: wakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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News of the possible sub cuts come in the wake of an independent study last month warning that recent advances in submarine quieting by the Soviets have rendered traditional U.S. detection methods close to obsolete...
THIS year, in the wake of widely publicized violence on campus, the protest for student safety especially deserves the attendance of all Harvard students interested in their own bodily protection...
...went off course and ran aground in Prince William Sound in late March. By last week the thick, tarry crude had spread into a slick that covered 1,600 sq. mi. of water, fouling 800 miles of shoreline in one of the world's richest wildlife areas. In the wake of the largest oil spill in U.S. history, Alaskans are in shock. Said Dennis Kelso, the state's environment commissioner: "People are going to have strong feelings about this for a long time. Every time people here go to a favorite fishing hole, they will think of the spill...
...nearby fishing villages are flying at half-staff. And some fishermen are wearing black armbands and crying openly, an unusual display of emotion for men who pride themselves on their toughness and independence. Laments Cliff Davidson, a longshoreman and member of the state legislature: "It's all like a wake now. How many more things are going to die? How many more livelihoods...
...wake of a stroke, State President P.W. Botha, 73, stepped down in February as leader of South Africa's long-ruling National Party, seemingly | signaling his intention to retire. But last month he returned to his presidential office, haughtily dismissing talk of a national election later this year that would pave the way for his formal departure. Both his party and his expected successor, Frederik W. de Klerk, 53, were displeased. Under their pressure, the State President, known unflatteringly as the Great Crocodile, flip-flopped on both counts last week...