Word: five
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...overseers' diversity comes at a high cost, however. Originally founded in the 17th century as a group of ministers that was supposed to make sure the Corporation toed the Puritan party line, the Board now has little power and meets only five times a year. Things have been more exciting recently, however, as a pro-divestment alumni group, the Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid, has elected several dissident members to the Board, including Tutu...
...service, she must surpass a field in which everyone else is younger and the hottest players are from twelve to nearly 20 years her junior. Her main worry, Graf, has become almost an obsession. Since Graf wrested away the No. 1 ranking three years ago, they have met only five times, and Graf has won the last four. Twice Navratilova was within shouting distance of victory only to lose through what looked like sheer nerves. If she can couple a Wimbledon victory with a vindicating triumph over Graf, the temptation to do what almost no athlete ever does...
...popularity is all the more impressive given the failures of his rule. Food shortages are common, and energy is scarce. Hardships, when they are acknowledged at all, are attributed to the need to maintain a strong defense. Internal travel is carefully monitored, and households are organized into groups of five, with each family encouraged to report subversive activities by its neighbors. Still, few North Koreans admit envying their brethren in the South. Most accept their government's description of South Korea as an undemocratic U.S.-puppet regime plagued by AIDS, pollution and prohibitive costs...
...sailing down the Moselle River past the village of Schengen, representatives of France, West Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands signed an agreement to abolish border checks for travelers and their luggage. The accord will go into effect in 1992. When it does, the internal frontiers shared by the five countries, including a newly unified Germany, will be partly dissolved, creating a 373,766-sq.-mi. passport-free territory informally dubbed Schengenland...
...agreement is regarded as an important preliminary to full integration of the twelve-member European Community, scheduled for Jan. 1, 1993. Within the new five-nation zone, passport controls for citizens will be lifted, police will share information, and extradition and political-asylum measures will be harmonized. But to combat a possible increase in illicit drug trafficking, terrorist activities and illegal immigration, controls on the external borders of Schengenland will be tightened...