Word: extend
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...effort to extend Cambridge's sister city program to new parts of the world, several city residents are lobbying for the establishment of ties with cities in Africa and the Israeli-occupied West Bank...
...Gipper's words on Iran-contra are suddenly in fresh demand for some solid reasons that extend beyond courtrooms. They could affect his place in history. Observes Henry Graff, a presidential historian at Columbia University: "Reagan can't have it both ways. He can't be remembered as a piece of putty in the hands of activist conspirators and also someone who put his stamp on the times and yearns for a place on Mount Rushmore...
Delaney Smith switched her squad's defensive look again to begin the second session. And the Crimson responded with another eight-point run, as a 2-3 zone held Columbia to one shot. Wambach drained a trifecta to extend the lead...
...allowed 40,000 Chinese students to remain in the U.S. rather than face possible persecution in their homeland in the wake of the June massacre of pro- democracy demonstrators. Last November, after that legislation passed both houses of Congress without dissent, Bush blocked it. He argued that he could extend the students' visas on his own authority but would not sign legislation that could anger China's rulers...
Initially Moscow declared a state of emergency in parts of Azerbaijan, banning strike actions, rallies and demonstrations; inexplicably the restrictions did not extend to Baku. Then the Kremlin dispatched 11,000 troops from the army, the navy, the KGB and the Interior Ministry to assist the nearly 6,000 troops already in the region...