Word: optional
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Years ago, students who could afford choice lodgings forsook Harvard dorms for the "Gold Coast" apartments of Cambridge--an option that first year students in recent years might have found attractive...
...urgency wanes, so does the incentive to find a solution. Israel's grip on the territories may ultimately prove untenable, but in the short run, it is the Palestinians who are nearing the limits of endurance. That is precisely what worries Arab extremists, who contend that leaves but one option: to uncache their weapons and return to the front pages in the worst possible...
...scheme will complete the gradual mutation of the contras from a military threat to a political force to a refugee remnant that U.S. officials have dubbed the "disposal problem." The Tela plan invites contras and their families to return to Nicaragua from their bases in Honduras but offers the option of resettlement in other countries. Honduras desperately wants the contras to go elsewhere, and Nicaragua has offered to repatriate them safely. But if the contras do not trust such Sandinista promises, the U.S. will face the painful question of its responsibilities toward the rebel force it created...
...poor inner-city neighborhoods, family patterns and cultural barriers often make it difficult for minority students to view college as an option. Moreover, many potential applicants are frightened away by soaring college costs. Federal aid, which has shifted from grants to loans, has disproportionately affected minorities, many of whom are unable to make the financial commitment to borrow large sums for education...
...really hard, but it is a lot of work. You have the opportunity to put in a lot of hours, and you have the option not to put in as many," says Michael Roche...