Word: weren
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...usually formless discussions among the 19 summiteers. They tried to decide matters by consensus. "It was like a meeting of Quakers," said Congressman Pat Williams, a Montana Democrat. "There were no votes down there. We just talked until we agreed. If people had good exceptions to proposals, then they weren't agreed...
...idea is to encourage the application of those students who (a) The Admissions Office would be interested in adding to the composition of the Freshman Class for its own reasons (b) would most likely make contributions to the soccer program and (c) would not have applied if they weren't encouraged to do so. It is not to (a) falsely raise the hopes of a large number of people who are not strong candidates for admission to Harvard (b) falsely give the impression that Harvard College is discouraging the application of gifted students by a massive effort to recruit athletes...
Though the Crimson's 5-4 overall record may not look impressive, the ruggers weren't discouraged...
...photographs with Israeli President Chaim Herzog, the President was asked about the currency's future direction. "I don't look for a further decline," he said. "We're not doing anything to bring it down." Those words immediately acted like a parachute on the dollar's drop. "We weren't sure the President knew what he was saying, but his comments certainly helped shore up the dollar," said a London currency analyst...
...have dreams and you make plans," Lockbaum said, "and sometimes they don't work out how you want them to. You just have to adapt and that's the same way with a ball game. We wanted to be up 30 or 40 by halftime, but we weren...