Word: size
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tried to give East European Communism a "human face," would return to Prague so triumphantly, or be welcomed so deliriously? Yet day after day, as the leaden skies of late autumn began turning to dusk, the crowds beneath the statue of St. Wenceslas in downtown Prague kept growing, in size and in confidence. By late last week they had swelled into the largest protests in Czechoslovakia's history: a half million chanting, shouting, horn- honking people, all bent on ousting the repressive rule of Communist Party leader Milos Jakes. They achieved their primary objective in just eight days...
...size, depth and speed showed," Nebraska Coach Danny Nee said. "We played well...
With superior size and speed, the Cornhuskers scored several fast-break layups and raced to a 55-35 halftime lead...
Explosives and thousands of rounds of ammunition were allegedly uncovered behind her house, in a back yard described as "the size of a postage stamp" by her employer, John Blatz of the Texas-based Christian Education Programs. Moreover, the arms were out-of-date and less sophisticated than the weapons usually used by the rebels...
...would be done would be to let theCollege grow, so that you wouldn't be diminishingthe size of the American group, or any other groupfor that matter," Spence said...