Word: overran
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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About 150 students overran the Leverett House dining hall last night, sampling authentic Asian delicacies and watching cultural performances...
...about 20 miles southeast of Freetown, because of fighting in his home area. The family lives in a shack in the garden of an abandoned house. Last Jan. 13, Issatu was staying with her aunt on the edge of Freetown, waiting to go for a medical checkup, when rebels overran her neighborhood...
Their aim: overthrow Saddam Hussein. "We thought we were writing the history of Iraq," recalls Allawi, who bristled with adrenaline as the fighters overran three Iraqi positions. "But what happened later showed we were totally wrong...
...miscommunication, danger and betrayal. They have also been examples of how half hearted support by the U.S. has, in some respects, been even worse than no support at all. Allawi's group, for instance, was nearly wiped out less than 18 months after that glorious hilltop night, when Saddam overran its camps with a tank offensive. Up to 2,000 fighters were captured and executed, leaving the survivors wondering why U.S. forces hadn't stepped...
...actor for Robin Williams, a long overdue first win, and best screenplay for Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, the freshest faces in town. The biggest loser? It had to be the Awards' director, who, despite draconian efforts to keep speeches to a minimum, watched in agony as the ceremony overran by an hour. Some might say precisely the same of "Titanic...