Word: basing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...early spring of this year. Mark's Egyptian fiancee mailed him a package of his favorite tobacco, ending a three-month attempt at quitting his sheesha. A sheesha is an elaborate water pipe, with a glass bowl base, topped by brass fittings called 'alb al-sheesha, or "heart of the sheesha." "Above this fans out a copper dish that serves to catch any coals or ash falling from the haggar or "stone." Smoke is drawn through the lay (hose) which is connected to the 'alb al-sheesha...
Cohen was elected president that fall and was re-elected to the post the following year. When he left office last December, Perspective had a new office in Memorial Hall, modern production equipment, more staff members than ever (almost 40) and a firm financial base, And, Perspective editors say, the liberal monthly had become a model of self-sufficiency and an inspiration to similar groups at campuses across the country...
...would perform a broad-based educational service, and a base for advocacy and social change," Volpp said...
...Soviet Union is a rich country. It has unique natural resources, a powerful production base, advanced science and a talented people. More radical reform will enable us to address our social problems better, to live up to the expectations of our people and to realize the potential of our country, both for its own welfare and that of the rest of the world...
...last week's Senate hearings, directors of three nuclear-weapons laboratories, including Livermore, unanimously argued that the SRAM should be ( taken off the bombers flying on alert, put into storage and made removable only at a base commander's order. John Tuck, Under Secretary of the Department of Energy, which builds nuclear weapons and shares responsibility with the Pentagon for their safety, told the subcommittee, "I think that's the direction we're going." Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams, however, insisted that the Air Force would keep the warheads on "alert" status, at least until the safety study is completed...