Word: wounded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could anyone believe this story anything but a farce when Sheik Rahman wound up on newspaper covers and the nightly news once again, this time for his connection with a cell of terrorists plotting to wreak havoc on New York City on July...
...commissioners heard all the arguments again last week in Washington. After three months of hearings, they wound up with a marathon three-day session that featured speeches by 56 Senators and 153 Representatives, all eager to protect the bases in their districts. Then, finally, the commissioners listened to Defense Secretary Les Aspin and General Colin Powell, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who advised them firmly to stick to the Pentagon's plan for closures. "I believe my original recommendations are still correct," said Aspin...
...three boys wound up in Sasha's clutches when they were cast into the street during the social upheaval that followed the collapse of communism. The ex-collective farmworker dresses them up in girls' clothes and sells their favors, given eagerly, he maintains, for as little as $20 a day. "I am helping them," he insists, flashing gold teeth set into a pockmarked face. "This type of work is profitable. The boys are grateful...
...Peninsula's race relation issue was likely to embody an agenda very different from the Foundation's. But while we did not expect--or want--the Foundation to endorse Peninsula's views, we were concerned that the race relations office lacked a clear sense of its won mandate and wound up giving money only to one side of the political fence. We cannot ignore the Peninsulas in our midst. We have to listen to them. If we disagree and usually, we do--we should respond, and explain why we think they're wrong...
...They wound up walking all the way to Harvard...