Word: turned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Friday night in Burlington, Vt., Cleary broke this self-imposed rule by starting Roy in net on a day clearly marked as Hughes' turn...
When confronted with undeniable evidence of abuses, Zealots sometimes turn to rationalization. "Human rights violations must be taken in context," read one response. Granted, Israel is a threatened nation. Granted, Jews have endured incredible suffering in the past. Granted, Israel's Arab neighbors are, in general, much less observant of civil liberties than Israel...
...dangerous course it took during the latter years of the Marcos regime. As young colonels, radical rightists and Marcos loyalists intermittently mounted coups against her, Aquino was forced to depend on military men like Ramos and De Villa to make sure that the armed forces did not entirely turn on her. Unfortunately, the management policies of these top officers were forged during the dictatorship, when promotions were decided almost wholly on the basis of political loyalty rather than talent. The top ranks continued to be filled by officers who owed fealty to the Ramos-De Villa clique -- and only...
Takeover artists once made U.S. industry tremble, but now it is their turn to shake. Many are saddled with debt-ridden companies or have little of their old clout left. The collapse of B. Altman...
...condition known as a persistent vegetative state, awake but totally unaware, at the Missouri Rehabilitation Center at Mount Vernon. Her body is stiff and severely contracted, her knees and arms drawn into a fetal position, her fingers dug into her wrists. Some nurses report that Cruzan can turn toward persons who speak to her and that she has cried on several occasions, once when a valentine card was read to her. But doctors say she is oblivious to the environment except for reflexive responses to sound and painful stimuli. "We have literally cried over Nancy's body...