Word: concord
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...women have three solid recruits arriving: Jamie Henikoff of Wilmette, Ill.; Amy Delone of Concord (among New England's top three players, 18 and under) and Eva Marie Blazek of Kelowna, British Columbia...
There was a little less concord on some political issues. Rabbi Mordecai Waxman, speaking for the Jewish attendees, urged once again that "full and formal diplomatic relation relations be established soon between the Vatican and the state of Israel." John Paul replied that the "Jewish people . . . have a right to a homeland, as does any civil nation." But the same principle "also applies to the Palestinian people, so many of whom remain homeless and refugees...
Throughout the summer, antiwar demonstrators have used their bodies to block the movement of munitions at the naval weapons station in Concord, Calif. Last week that classic act of civil disobedience ended in tragedy when a weapons train plowed into a group of peace activists, mutilating one of them. As other demonstrators leaped out of the way, S. Brian Willson, 46, was caught sitting cross-legged on the tracks. Willson's wife and stepson watched in horror as the train dragged him 25 feet, fracturing his skull and severing his right leg below the knee. Surgeons later amputated his other...
...second component of this so-called consolidation phase involves the construction of faculty housing, such as those Harvard proposes to build on the newly-acquired 245 Concord Ave. site...
These race-walking movements produce that curious rolling motion of the hips that many bystanders in their lethargy find amusing. "This is not a sport for insecure people," says Julie Morrison, editor of the Running Journal, based in Concord, N.C. "People often yell out and call me 'faggot' because I swing my hips," says Jacobson's son Alan, 32, a top competitive walker. Shrugging off the stereotypical jeers, Alan Jacobson churns along at 7 m.p.h., compared with the average aerobic walker's 4.5-m.p.h. pace...