In 1985, after a successful pilot study in the Philippines, this businessmen's club cum global charity announced a plan to eradicate polio by vaccinating every child under five at risk of catching it.
In Lebanon an alliance led by Hizbullah, a Shia political party-cum-militia, lost its majority in parliament at an election, while independent candidates gained ground.
And when I earned my bachelor's degree at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, graduating magna cum laude, I was working full-time nights and weekends at the community college library.