Word: zone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same fate for the Bering Sea, the last great refuge of marine abundance. Competition among countries for the rights to fish certain sectors of the sea is already fierce and could turn violent, as it has elsewhere in the world. The Russians have severely depleted fish stocks in their zone, and the international area open to all boats, called the Doughnut Hole, has been nearly stripped of commercial fish...
...members of the Eviction Free Zone (EFZ), a Cambridge tenant advocacy group, protested the decision. They claimed the building owner, First Realty Management Corporation, evicted the Desirs even though they were not behind on their rent, in order to renovate the unit and rent it for more money...
...members of the Eviction Free Zone (EFZ), a Cambridge tenant advocacy group, protested the decision. They claimed the building owner, First Realty Management Corporation, evicted the Desirs even though they were not behind on their rent, in order to renovate the unit and rent it for more money...
...that allowed him to cope: a family that had been through hell in public and knew how to guard its privacy--and to make life as normal as it could be. On his own, he developed a band of fiercely loyal and discreet friends who helped create a secure zone around him, who were always glad to say "No comment," escape with him into the wilderness for another adventure, or indulge his unquenchable love of the outdoors--parasailing, running, skiing, biking, losing himself in individual effort...
Within the zone, Kennedy was free to conduct his real life's work: not the magazine he launched, or the charities he volunteered for, or the law, but the cultivation of a basic, good-humored decency--an ordinariness that was his last defense against the extraordinary role life had handed him. He took the subway or rode a bike to work, hanging out mostly with friends who weren't at all famous, using his unparalleled celebrity mostly on behalf of good causes. At the same time, he went out of his way to joke with the tabloid reporters who watched...