Word: dates
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look for--a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deoderant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top, "Illustrate;" "Be specific;" etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there...
Iraqi parliament endorses Saddam's decision to free thousands of Western hostages. Diplomats from U.S. Embassy in Kuwait leave occupied emirate. Iraq insists it will set date for direct U.S.-Iraqi talks. European leaders put meeting with Iraq on hold after talks between Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz and Bush are canceled...
...Weisbrod indicated that his return could come later than that date, and a lot "depends on how well the team does, if we make it to the playoffs...
...Rashid introduced Awad to someone new: a short, tough-looking, energetic man with the strong, deep voice of someone used to giving orders. It was Rashid's boss -- Abu Ibrahim, also known as Husayn al-Umari, the 46-year- old chief of the May 15 Organization. The date was June 6, 1982 -- the very day Israel invaded Lebanon. That afternoon as the expatriates sat in Rashid's living room watching the bloody assault unfold on television, Abu Ibrahim turned to Awad and asked angrily whether Palestinians like him were willing to help their country or only cared about making money...
Several studies have tracked the patients of AIDS-infected doctors and dentists, but to date there has not been a single confirmed case of the virus' being transmitted from a health-care worker to a patient. The Florida incident involving Kimberly Bergalis, 22, who allegedly acquired the virus from her dentist, is still open to question. Federal investigators have not determined how she was exposed to the dentist's blood. Even if the Bergalis case is an instance of doctor-to-patient transmission, the risk is minute when compared with other medical dangers. Says Dr. Julie Gerberding, director...