Word: furthering
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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I can now empathize with those leaders in the Black community who refuse to confront the serious problems tearing apart America's inner-cities. In the face of rampant crime, drug use and teen pregnancy, many Black leaders simply turn up the rhetoric and make excuses for these social diseases...
Fearing for the lives of those police trapped inside, the security forces, who initially numbered only 45, smashed through the gates and charged the rioters. Vastly outnumbered and exposed to a deadly hail of stones, the police resorted to live ammunition. Said police commissioner Yaacov Terner: "Their lives were in...
A favorite gambit of challengers is to call for new blood. In Oregon, for example, Democratic businessman Harry Lonsdale is trying to topple Senator Mark Hatfield by arguing that "most of our elected officials have been in Washington too long." This tactic dovetails with the widening effort to limit the...
The further escapades of Ayla and her blond boyfriend, Jondalar the toolmaker, are set in the Dordogne, where Auel has been exploring caves and sifting dirt on an archaeological dig. "I found some pieces of flint and a reindeer milk tooth," she says proudly, as she huffs up a path...
There is little doubt that an attack on Iraq without further provocation from Saddam will erode U.S. support in the Middle East. The Arab League is already split down the middle, with at least nine of its members, including some that offer lip service to the U.N. resolutions, giving overt...