Word: attached
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...called by the press, they were organized into a paramilitary group and were affluent enough to buy "uniforms" consisting of costly designer sweaters, jeans and track shoes. Indeed, much of the trouble at soccer games seems to be started by similarly well-organized gangs of about 200 members that attach themselves to their home teams. Many of the groups have their own chants, symbols and even weapons of choice. The infamous Bushwackers of Millwall, a tattered docklands area of London, wear surgical masks during matches to hide their identities and favor small Stanley cutting tools to carry out their assaults...
...fearlessness and courage give people a good feeling. I think I have a real sweetness inside and love for life and a good sense of humor. Maybe people see that. I think a lot of people are afraid to express themselves that way, so maybe they feel they can attach themselves to an innocence and joy. I believe that dreams come true: that you can do what you want to do. I don't mean that in a Rocky III kind of way either. I don't mean you have to go out and conquer the world...
...word. Only public pressure can prevent such moral oversites from occuring, and only apathetic criteria can augment them Reagan might change his mind, but the intent was there, Kenneth Bialk chairman of the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith, says, "What kind of symbolism does one attach to a visit that includes a ceremony to the agents of the Holocaust at the same time that he has chosen not to show the same kind of reverence for the victims...
...articles last month covering the start of the Geneva conference. The Christian Science Monitor noted about Reagan's idea: "It has brought the Soviets back to the negotiating table--with the clear aim of stopping the program." The New York Times itself has reported on the importance the Russians attach to Star Wars: "The Russians have said agreements to reduce the arsenals of nuclear bombs and missiles will depend on American willingness to limit the Strategic Defense Initiative...
...still luxuries beyond the budget of all but the best-funded public library systems. Then, too, some librarians resist commercial data banks on philosophical grounds. Says Robert Wedgeworth, executive director of the American Library Association: "Many are reluctant to offer a service for which they will have to attach...