Word: yesteryears
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even more discouraging to Republicans of varying hues is Bush's surrender to the religious right on issues such as abortion, gay rights and pornography. Pro-choice advocates seeking even token concessions came away empty-handed. But they did get some support from yesteryear's conservative icon Barry Goldwater. The former Senator sent a letter from Arizona warning that the "convention will go down in shambles, as will the election," if the party clings to its adamant stand against abortion. Because Bush's most solid constituency now is the religious right, he cannot risk alienating it. Yet one of Bush...
This out-of-the-ordinary event characterized the spirited student body of yesteryear, according to Dean of Students Archie C. Epps...
Still, Gentlepeople upholds the values of yesteryear. Smoking and frequent drinking are taboo among members, and "we don't accept anyone who's hunter," says Ashin...
...however, there's new energy in the wind. Engineers have used advanced technology to make wind turbines that are far more efficient and cost effective than those of yesteryear. Says J. Michael Davis, chief of renewable- energy programs at the U.S. Department of Energy: "These machines are real and reliable." Today's models are capable of meeting 10% of America's energy demand, and within 30 years, newer versions could provide for a quarter of the nation's power needs. Such figures have re-energized the manufacturers of wind-power equipment and attracted the interest of foreign competitors. Utilities...
...that Moscow no longer poses the threat to the West it once did. But buried deep inside a Virginia mountain, a vast, top-secret installation -- one of the great artifacts of the cold war -- remains at the ready. Known as Mount Weather, it is a Strangelovian relic of yesteryear intended to shelter the President and other top U.S. officials in case of nuclear war. The 33-year-old facility is manned by a second generation of doomsday planners, men and women who are reassessing their mission and that of the massive bunker they have maintained through more than three decades...