Word: setting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...fact, going into the race, Wisconsin had not really been the team the Crimson had set their eyes on. Harvard had beaten them twice in California and twice in Washington D.C. earlier in the season. All four victories, plus the one at the Sprints, had been "decisive," Bernstein said...
Canizares says he expects Vest to assume the presidency with an open mind, "rather than trying to come in with a very specific set of proposals coming from the outside...
Barry's trial is set to resume this week. No matter how his legal problems are eventually resolved, he plans to play a major role in Washington affairs. In his speech last week he hinted that his supporters should await his signal before choosing among the five Democrats vying to replace him. "I have a vision for this city," said Barry. Then, borrowing one of Jackson's more memorable lines, he added, "God is not through with...
...Government will be required by the Endangered Species Act to protect the bird. And if a preservation plan advocated by biologists is put into effect, it could be one of the most sweeping environmental actions ever undertaken. Federal and state agencies say the plan, fully carried out, would set aside an additional 3 million acres of forests. That would slash by more than one-third timber production on federal lands, which accounts for nearly 40% of the region's total harvest. The possible result: mill closings and cutbacks costing 30,000 jobs over the next decade. Real estate prices would...
...this bewilders timber-industry leaders, who say there are plenty of owls, plus abundant old-growth stands set aside in wilderness areas, that are safe from the saw. In Oregon about half the state's estimated 3 million acres of old growth cannot be logged because it is unsuitable or designated as wilderness. But that leaves 1.5 million acres of old growth that can be cut. Some of these areas contain no owls and are not likely to be protected...