Word: spread
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...recent spread of "Beauty at Harvard" began with the question: "Tell us, Harvard, what is beauty?" The article goes on to discuss the perceived ideals of attractiveness among three groups of non-Caucasian women students: Jews, Asians and Blacks...
With 11 yards to go on second down, the Crimson spread the field and lined up in the shotgun with four wideouts. Senior center John Kadzielski snapped the ball prematurely, but Rose was able to fall on the ball to prevent a turnover...
...army. In the city of Ramallah, they happened upon a funeral procession for a 17-year-old boy shot the day before by Israeli troops. Identifying the two as Israelis--the giveaway was the yellow license plate on their car--the impassioned crowd went after them. A rumor spread that they belonged to Israel's so-called Arabized forces, who disguise themselves as Palestinians to hunt radicals on Israel's wanted list...
...Renaissance Girl was a "clubber," a serial joiner of school organizations who never rises to a leadership position. A Cornell applicant submitted a one-page, single-spaced addendum to his application that cataloged, as an admissions officer exasperatedly termed it, "every activity he's ever participated in." With the "spread too thin" designation on his voting sheet, even his perfect 800 score on the verbal half of the SAT wasn't enough to stave off rejection...
...northern Uganda - established to house people fleeing attacks by a sociopathic guerrilla movement calling itself the Lord's Resistance Army - are a fertile breeding ground, given their poor sanitation. Whereas a previous outbreak in the Congo in 1995 was ultimately contained, health officials are concerned that it could spread more rapidly in the Ugandan region, where there is much more frequent movement of people, particularly refugees from the LRA. Indeed, guerrilla attacks since the current outbreak have not only spread refugees far and wide, they've also involved the kidnapping of a number of potentially infected people, prompting fears that...