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...foster a sense of "security and freedom" lacking in his relationship with Gore. Overall, the transcript reveals 48 distinct uses by Bush of the word "freedom," including 19 instances alone when, apropos of nothing, he sang the complete lyrics to George Michael's six-and-a-half-minute pop anthem "Freedom...
...Dreamgirls ran for 1,521 performances, closing in Aug. 1985, but its influence spread far beyond the confines of the Majestic Theatre. The show sent the clearest signal yet that blacks could anchor a Broadway hit. Its defiant anthem, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," has been sung countless times over the years in the Amateur Night competitions at Harlem's Apollo Theatre, as well as on American Idol...
...American people got any whiff that we thought having a national motto or a national anthem ... or a national language was unimportant to us, I think they would throw us all out." LAMAR ALEXANDER, Republican Senator from Tennessee, in support of legislation to make English the U.S. national language...
...powerful reprimand to both ethnic chauvinism and facile criticisms of the nation-state. Barça is the ultimate symbol of the Catalan people--one of their most glorious achievements, a monument to their language, history and struggle. But, at the same, it is a bastion of pluralism. Its anthem explicitly welcomes immigrants, and over time it has served as a powerful instrument for assimilating newcomers into Catalan society...
...powerful reprimand to both ethnic chauvinism and facile criticisms of the nation-state. Barça is the ultimate symbol of the Catalan people - one of their most glorious achievements, a monument to their language, history and struggle. But, at the same, it is a bastion of pluralism. Its anthem explicitly welcomes immigrants, and over time, it has served as a powerful instrument for assimilating newcomers into Catalan society. Every morning this past week, I have dressed my 14-month-old baby in her Barça tracksuit, earning her approving cheers from my Latino neighbors as she waddles down...