Word: eights
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Bush and Gorbachev met for eight hours over two days during a time of extraordinary change in Eastern Europe. The upheaval was dramatized in the summit's final hours by the resignation of the East German leadership and the formation of a new government in Czechoslovakia that opposition leaders immediately denounced as too much like...
...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...
Bush and Secretary of State James A. Baker IIIwill lead a six-person U.S. delegation, whileGorbachev and Soviet Foreign Minister EduardShevardnadze will lead the eight-person Sovietteam...
Against the Cornhuskers, Harvard can test its mettle against the Big Eight, a league that has produced 1988 national champion Kansas, and NBA first-round draft picks Danny Manning, Stacey King and Mitch Richmond. Nebraska, however, finished seventh in the conference last season and poses less of a threat than Duke. Nonetheless, the Crimson will have its hands full...
This year Notre Dame is 11-0 after last Saturday's 34-23 defeat of Penn State, and two wins away from a second consecutive national title. The Irish could conceivably stumble this weekend against Miami or on New Year's night against undefeated Big Eight champion Colorado. But the 23 consecutive victories Holtz has directed add up to an achievement unmatched by any of his more illustrious predecessors...