Word: mid-may
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...Because of Kent State [riots], the Universitywas shut down in mid-May for the academic year,"Powers says...
...mid-May, Clinton had called home 24,000 troops, but some 4,000 were still in and around Mogadishu when gunmen struck at the Pakistani peacekeepers. They were angered by the viciousness of the assault on the peacekeepers. Gunmen had used women and children as human shields, and mutilated the corpses of the fallen Pakistanis. Aidid hardly showed remorse. A few days prior to the U.S. raid he blamed the U.N. for provoking the lethal firefight. "Unfortunately," he boasted, "I have no power or authority to arrest them...
...headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, which is in the final stages of drawing a blueprint to overhaul an $800 billion industry. Last week, breaking the secrecy that has surrounded much of the task force's work, Administration officials disclosed details of the plan that they hope to unveil in mid-May. The White House proposal, which would provide basic benefits for all Americans, including the 37 million who lack coverage, emphasizes the ability of citizens to choose their own doctors. In fact, officials insist, many Americans would have more choices available to them than they have with their current coverage...
...bishops are pressing ahead on another much discussed matter. The proposed pastoral letter endorses removal of gender-slanted language, and the process is already well along. In mid-May, the Vatican approved use of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible (an example, from Psalm 8:4: "What are human beings that you are mindful of them?"), and work is under way on other such translations. The proposed new liturgy for English-speaking countries would revise the Nicene Creed, which is recited at every Mass, to state that Jesus Christ "became truly human" rather than "became...
...Security supervisor] Bonnie Henna has definitely harassed me--at least 25 different times," said one Black guard in mid-May...