Word: encroachment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...light-starved days of winter encroach on Boston, people yearn for a few glimmers of hope and brightness to illuminate the bleak season looming ahead. They seek an infusion of optimism and beauty to hearten themselves for the icy, dreary months approaching. Such an aesthetic jolt can be found at the invigorating weekly series of Bach cantatas performed at Emmanuel Church in Boston...
...independent, especially Ukraine, Georgia and the Baltic states. U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher called the resolution "intimidation" and a "dark vision." The communists were unrepentant, though Zyuganov did repeat his usual line that of course the reunification of the U.S.S.R. will be "gradual" and "no one will encroach on anyone's independence...
...wild animals such as rodents for years, and only makes the jump into humans when the two populations come into contact. Observes Yale epidemiologist Dr. Robert Ryder: "These viruses basically say to man, 'You stick to your territory and I'll stick to mine.' But then man begins to encroach on the habitat of the viruses...
Morrison and other citizens say they fear the end of rent control may change the character of Riverside by allowing nearby Harvard and MIT to purchase large tracts of land and encroach upon the neighborhood...
Regrettably, there is a fringe of the anti-abortion movement that does not draw this distinction, harassing and threatening women entering abortion clinics, as well as clinic personnel. While these activists may have the right to protest, their actions must not encroach on other legal rights...