Word: bolds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Abyssinian Baptist Church. The pioneer architect Charles W. Bolton designed the church as an amphitheater, and for good reason: its pastor was the spell-weaving Adam Clayton Powell Sr. His son won even more fame, first as a preacher there, then as Harlem's first black Congressman. The bold spirits of both men inform the place...
...They are so bold now that they come out during the day. If there were nothing around for them to eat then they wouldn't come out, but people aren't going to stay around and work and clean and not get paid...
...times obviously demand a bold new approach to the punishment of top political officials in this country. No more pathetic slaps on the wrist but no undue cruelty. Why not go back to the Code of Hammarabi--an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth? In other words, let the punishment fit the crime...
...Aoun's bold moves to assert his authority triggered the new fighting. In March, Aoun's 20,000-man army took on the Muslims, imposing a sea blockade of five of their illegal ports, used mainly for smuggling drugs and guns. Druse warlord Walid Jumblatt's militia and 40,000 Syrian troops responded with continuous bombardments of Christian neighborhoods. Aoun's forces hit back in kind...
...successful, much as his predecessor was, then such a sluggish model might well become the rule. Fearing voter backlash, future presidents and their parties might stagnate, balking at making bold policy suggestions...