Word: aura
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with Ovando's private secretary, Roman Gil Heraldez. Cardenas promptly denounced the killings as political assassinations. In an angry letter to President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, Cardenas warned that the "responsibility will be yours" for any acts of terrorism against the opposition. If the tragedy enhanced the messianic aura that surrounded Cardenas' campaign, it amounted to a disaster for Salinas. Though even Cardenas did not directly accuse the P.R.I. of complicity in the crime, many Mexicans expressed skepticism about the police statement that Ovando had probably been gunned down by criminals he had prosecuted while attorney general...
...Iron Curtain between East and West for many years created an image of our country that was both attractive and frightening. The exploits of our people in the war against Hitler added an aura of heroism to that image. Khrushchev's thaw added glimmers of hope for mutual understanding. The horrible truth about Stalin's camps, the arrests of dissidents, the abuses of psychiatry, the exile of Academician Andrei Sakharov, the presence of our troops in Afghanistan -- all lined up and blown out of proportion by reactionary elements in the Western press -- worked to destroy the heroic aura, reducing...
...deification of the American President begins with the Constitution. The President doubles as head of state and is thus endowed with the aura of a king. When Challenger explodes, when Marines come home dead, he is the nation. His person embodies the state, and we give him all the accoutrements: a plane, a fanfare, a mountain retreat. Even the rowdy White House press corps stands up when he enters the room. He symbolizes the power of the state, and it happens that his is the most powerful state on earth. Which makes him, so goes the syllogism, the most powerful...
...surprising that an aura of mystery follows Khalil. Even those close to her realize she has a certain air which sets her apart from other students. "In a way, she's larger than life. You know, very beautiful, long hair, very smart. She's just one of those people," says John H. Lesher '88 of his friend Khalil...
...tradition the Ivy League has weaved into its hockey program, other factors exist. Factors such as the academic aura of the schools and their abilility to draw quality student-athletes...