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...graves containing 5,400 corpses, just a fraction of the 500,000 minority Tutsi believed murdered. The new repository surfaced only after the U.N. workers had begun digging for soil to fill in the smaller sites. Meanwhile, the flow of defeated Hutu from Rwanda has apparently ceased, in spite of internal U.N. accusations that the victorious Tutsi government was killing returning Hutu refugees for revenge...
Well, yes they are, Ed. And in spite of your simply atrocious double negative, you raise an interesting question. There is no question that going to the movies can be one of the most heart-warming, romantic experiences of your life if you keep a few of my simple rules in mind. These rules come from years of cinematic experience. Armed with these rules, you'll be the Valentino of the Loew's Harvard Square. Ready...
...physical game, partly by design on UNH's part, because it seemed they were intent on knocking our forwards around all game," Brill said, in spite of the fact that no yellow cards were assessed...
...spite of initial positive exposure from the national media and endorsement by educational professionals, by the early 1980s there was substantial angst within the Harvard community regarding the core's teaching methods and curriculum.. Campus dissatisfaction received national scrutiny when, in 1985, then-Secretary of Education William Bennett attacked the core, saying, "The core is designed not to teach any select body of knowledge, but to introduce presumably eager undergraduates to different 'modes of inquiry'.... Thus after four years, hopefully you will be able to flip a mental switch and think like a historian or an economist...
...runoff decided to withdraw, leaving Jeb as the party's nominee. In a poll taken several weeks before the primary, he had pulled to within 3 percentage points of incumbent Governor Lawton Chiles. In Texas the most recent poll showed young George leading Ann Richards by a point, in spite of her enormous popularity and 60% job-approval rating...