Word: bannered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scholar took as his mantle the "Black Freedom Struggle," calling on people to take up the "bloodstained banner" of "radical democratic activism" and preserve this struggle for freedom...
This SNL appearance certainly did not mark the first time that Sinead has gotten heat for her antics. Last year, Sinead refused to have the Star Spangled Banner sung at her concert in New Jersey, because she did not support what it stood for. This move caused her to lose the support of some fans and forced her to wear disguises in public. The effects of last week's outburst have yet to be seen. Only time will tell if Sinead's latest release, "Am I Not Your Girl," will follow its initial two week trend (Billboard cites the album...
...that gloomy; we're the United States" seemed wildly out of touch with the pain so many Americans feel, and the fear of so many others that they will experience similar hardship. The cartoonist Herblock once drew Bush on the sidelines of the Central American wars waving a banner that said GO CONTRAS! That the President felt it necessary to play cheerleader in St. Louis is likely attributable to his having run up against two unfortunate requirements: the need to avoid being too negative and the need to avoid appearing too desperate. In trying to do both, he seemed passive...
Isaac will have advantages that his parents may not even have imagined. He will probably be enrolled in a nursery school where one of the most important people on the staff is a physician, Dr. Horatio Dean. The school's focus is summed up by a banner proclaiming that HEALTHY HABITS LAST A LIFETIME. Each day at noon, instead of recess, Dr. Dean gathers together his charges for a meditation session that the usually rambunctious youngsters particularly enjoy. "Pediatrics sure has changed since my grandmother's day," says the young doctor...
After the speeches, performers sang a Somalian folk song and recited a poem in praise of the relief efforts, and candles were passed out to audience members. The speakers then took up a banner which read "Help the Starving People of Somalia" and led a procession from City Hall to Harvard Square...