Word: bearers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there is a standard-bearer among living former First Ladies, it is surely Lady Bird Johnson. She was on the cutting edge of the ecological movement, though White House protocol demanded a name like beautification. But her constant pacification of the beast in her husband was her greatest achievement. She wanted a life of art and literature, and on the few times she dragged her young husband into that world he either walked out, sulked or drank too much. He caressed other women in front of her. She shamed him with restraint. He made outrageous requests, like the instant removal...
...stake in this election--the candidates repeat ad nauseum--is the future of North Carolina. Hunt, seen by many as the embodiment of the New South, argues for progress and high technology. Helms, widely considered the standard-bearer of the Old South, wages a moral crusade in defense of traditional American values...
...happier to see President Reagan in Boston than Republican Senate candidate Raymond Shamie, who has closely aligned himself with the party's standard bearer in the hope that he can triumph in this traditionally Democratic state...
...only does the signal promise to do away with opening lines and rejections, it may prevent gender gaffes. Four available wave lengths identify a bearer as being heterosexual, male or female homosexual, or interested in swapping partners with another couple. What if the Flashingee is only a 2 on a scale of 10? Easy, says Carmela Brunet, the 1959 Miss Germany who is the owner of Promotions et Qualité "Just turn off your machine until he is out of range...
When you say that "the U.S. is not yet able to produce an international fencing star," you are forgetting Norman Armitage, saber champion for the U.S. at six Olympics and flag-bearer in both...