Word: beacon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Switzler, a six-term lawmaker and vocal fiscal conservative, often criticizes Democrats on Beacon Hill for what he claims is their dishonest spending practices. He was drafted by a group of legislators to run for governor at the April 12 Republican State Convention...
...ominous public silence, the world still seemed unprepared when the bombers struck. Although Libya had felt the sting of the Sixth Fleet over the Gulf of Sidra just three weeks before, the principal buildings and the minarets of the central mosque in Tripoli were bathed by floodlights, providing a beacon for U.S. pilots. Under cover of darkness, 13 F-111 fighter-bombers flying out of Britain, joined by twelve A-6 attack planes launched off carriers in the Mediterranean, blasted military and intelligence targets in and around Tripoli and the coastal city of Benghazi. Going to the source of Libyan...
...compassionate and enlightened society come to mind when I read of President Reagan's refusal to speak at the Harvard festivities. It is ironic that Charles, the Prince of Wales, should be appearing at this event--symbolic of America's self-determination to govern itself and create a principled, beacon of democracy in a new world; yet this President and his advisors cannot put aside their penchant for divisive, ideological game-playing to recognize an institution that predates the founding of this great republic. Andrew I. Wolf...
Clearly, some issues related to AIDS are necessarily complex--as the current debate on Beacon Hill over AIDS testing for insurance purposes demonstrates. But the policy to single out those with AIDS is not so complicated; it should just not be done...