Word: wave
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sodden clumps. Most of those arrested remained in jail over Easter, refusing to give their names or be released until felony charges were dropped against four of their leaders (including Terry). There have been hundreds of such local actions, with thousands of arrests, in the year since this new wave of activism began gathering momentum...
...drive one of the big red boxes every Monday and Wednesday; in fact, if you're riding today between 11:45 and 1:30, I'm your driver. (Look up and wave hello...
...couple of final suggestions: if you see the bus coming up the street, wave your hand high. If the driver doesn't make eye contact with you, he or she may not realize you're waiting for the shuttle. And above all, don't forget to say "Hi" as you get on the bus. After all, shuttle drivers need support...
...Koch, who blurts out insults to someone nearly every day, the resolutely dull Bradley has said hardly anything memorable in almost 16 years in office. But the mayor is no accident in California politics. Like most public officials in this trend- making state, Bradley is part of a wave of certifiably boring, aggressively bland politicians. How else to account for Governor George Deukmejian, Senators Pete Wilson and Alan Cranston and others too unrecognizable to mention...
...long tradition of avoiding seemingly inevitable political upheaval. "The P.R.I. has an almost magical power to redirect itself to reflect the needs of the country," says a Mexican official. "And so we have the young technocrats running things. But if they should fail, then look for a wave of populism." If that happens, Salinas could easily turn against Washington and the foreign banks, leaving them wondering what happened to that simpatico President they liked so much in April...