Word: bannered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...join a group, stand surrounded; braless girls in blue workshirts beside working women with matching shoes and bag. A banner near me, marked with dove, Women's Strike for Peace. Not far away, Hands Off Angela Davis. The Third World Women's Alliance. I can't see in any direction; somewhere cars honk, and voices begin the familiar war whoop. We are anxious to begin. A laughing girl breaks off mid-whoop: "Hey, maybe this isn't feminine." In my notes I describe her as pretty, blond, and am ashamed. I would never describe a man that...
...President Nixon in San Clemente-is a gala event. The 4,900 villagers of Castel Gandolfo, who normally support themselves by producing good white wine and some of Italy's tastiest peaches, dress in their Sunday best. The tricolored flag of Italy and the gold-and-white banner of the Vatican wave from every building. Bells peal out in resonant welcome. With the summer Vatican come the tourists, especially on audience days, and restaurants and souvenir stands do a brisk business...
...nation's capital, 1,000 women marched down Connecticut Avenue behind a "We Demand Equality" banner. Members of the organized Federally Employed Women, mindful of the law against striking Government workers, assembled only at lunch, though some participated in a teach-in at the Old Senate Office Building later in the day, and opened lobbying efforts for the equal rights for women amendment, which is to be considered by the Senate. Los Angeles liberationists were confined to the sidewalk during their march, which drew only 500. Seven women dressed in suffragette costumes stood a "silent vigil" for women...
...were minor perils beside sex education. It was "programmed perversion," condoning homosexuality, endorsing masturbation-a sneaky death blow at the heart of America: the Family. The Pros, on the other hand, saw the experiment as education at the point of salvation. "Stamp Out Neurosis" was the invisible banner every Pro waved. Sex education promised to free America from its puritan hang-ups-and about time...
...young have raised a banner above all other flags. Those who mistrust the young think of it as the Jolly Roger, an ensign under which all sorts of piratical and subversive acts of depredation may be committed. Those who esteem the young see their symbolic banner as an emblem revitalizing a tired phrase and an undying hope: the brotherhood of man. If the phrase means anything, it must mean that man's vision should extend to the horizon of his being and not be blinkered by some arbitrary national line squiggled on a map. This is the shaping theme...