Word: put
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...corn), the pollution crisis (the kernels burn far cleaner than wood, coal or oil), the farm crisis (Dove-Tech will even burn moldy surplus), the trade deficit (American corn, not imported oil), the deforestation crisis (chop corn, not trees), the safety crisis (corn isn't dangerous, and you can put this stove flush against a wall -- or even sit on it -- because the housing doesn't get hot) and the chimney crisis (Dove-Tech doesn't need one; you can vent it the same as you would a dryer, or hook it in to your existing ductwork...
Blades made waves in 1984, when he put his career on hold and headed north to Harvard University, where he spent the year earning a master's degree in international law. "My music fans were stunned," says Blades. "One guy in Colombia even wrote a letter to a newspaper. He wanted to know why I was going to this school, the cradle of capitalism, and why I just didn't stay with music. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I don't see why I can't go there and learn and utilize what I've learned for something...
...Caspian Sea by ferry to Turkmenistan, then flying on to Moscow or the Armenian capital of Yerevan. Many of those who landed in Moscow huddled around the building that houses Armenia's representational office, transforming the quiet street into an encampment of shock, grief and rage. As a refugee put it, "What civilized country would allow its own people to be murdered...
Popular Front activists put the minimum death toll at 120, but during a hastily called press conference in Moscow, First Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh claimed that 40 civilians and eight soldiers had been killed. The troops moved quickly to secure party headquarters and the republic's television studio, while military officials appealed over the radio for order. The Popular Front responded by calling for three days of mourning and a three-day strike in an effort to mobilize the public against the state of emergency. A fragile calm settled over the city, but neither side pretended that peace would...
Through the week, as Azerbaijanis put up ferocious resistance, blockading roads and railways and sabotaging waterlines, the number of troops and police cadets swelled to 29,000. At first, government forces were told to exercise "maximum restraint." But when Azerbaijani militants turned on the soldiers, troops were instructed to fire in self-defense and to protect army weapons caches. Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov said the conflict was "almost civil...