Word: overnighter
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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While counselors say a 12-hour overnight shift staffing a hotline typically turns up only a handful of callers or drop-ins, they say they are not sure whether that is a positive or negative reflection on the Harvard community...
...Mayor Dianne Feinstein faces state Attorney General John Van de Kamp in a race for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Feinstein's campaign was considered all but hopeless until recently, when she began to run a television ad proclaiming her approval of both abortion rights and capital punishment. Almost overnight, she rocketed up 19 points in the polls, grabbing the lead from Van de Kamp, an opponent of capital punishment. Now Van de Kamp has unveiled his own TV spot, complete with footage of the gas chamber, in which he boasts of how many prisoners he has dispatched to death...
...overnight revolution in Mongolia was an astonishing victory for the country's nascent opposition, which went public with its campaign for democratization only three months ago. The forces of dissent have multiplied rapidly, fed by popular discontent over economic stagnation, communist autocracy and domination by Moscow. Recently, the government of President Jambyn Batmonh has loosened up, allowing joint ventures with Western companies, for example. But the pace of change was too sluggish for the regime's critics, whose demonstrations brought thousands into the streets...
...This referendum will not only affect Puerto Ricans but all Americans, and we feel that it is extremely important that people realize the issues at stake," said Teresita Riera-Carrion '92, president of La Organizacion. "Puerto Rico could become the 51st state overnight, and too many people around here don't even know that Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens...
...There is no way of knowing when an uprising is going to happen," says Springston. "But what's happening in Eastern Europe shows that almost overnight the situation can change; what history teaches you is that when you least expect it, expect...