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...then brought to San Juan Ixhuatepec boxes of crackers, canned vegetables and medicines. Next day they established themselves just outside the military cordon and distributed supplies to anyone who asked for them. By Wednesday there was such a flood of food and clothing that the radio called for a halt...
December 2, 1983--The Harvard men's swimming team's 4 1/2-year, 32-meet winning streak crashes to a halt as Navy snatches a 61-52 victory at Annapolis, Md. It is Coach Joe Bernal's second loss in over six years at the helm of the Crimson. The next day, his team will lose again, this time to Columbia...
...mere coincidence that both books chose red objects as photographic themes. Red gets your attention and refuses to back down: stop signs, sunsets, the Russian flag, and fire engines are colored not for visibilities sake, but to stop action, halt movement, and freeze thought. If Santa wasn't dressed in red, how could little children believe in his omniscience? Could Superman bring truth and justice to the world if he had a yellow cape? Clearly...
...toward that end is expressly forbidden by a 1982 resolution of Congress. More moderate officials, including Shultz, believe that diplomacy can play a role in curbing Nicaragua's radical tendencies. In their view, the U.S. must show that it has the power and the will to halt the spread of Communism, but that should be balanced by a willingness to negotiate a regional settlement...
...conference of bishops' most dramatic incursion into public affairs prior to last week was a pastoral letter on nuclear war issued in May 1983. That document called for a halt on the testing, production and deployment of nuclear weapons, as well as reductions in the number of existing arms...