Word: bores
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...events before December 1981," the Pope continued in a typically euphemistic reference to the Solidarity era, reflected the need to restore moral order and bore "the stamp of religion." Quoting from his 1981 encyclical Laborem exercens (On Human Work), the Pope reaffirmed the church's commitment to free trade unions. Then he said: "It was in this spirit that I spoke in January 1981, during an audience granted to the delegation of Solidarity...
...crowd of almost half a million Poles waited patiently in an open field near the Franciscan monastery that Kolbe had founded. Most of them were peasants who had traveled from nearby farms, sometimes in horse-drawn carts, for a glimpse of John Paul. One banner held above the crowd bore the insignia of Rural Solidarity, the independent farmers' union that was organized in May 1981 and dissolved in October 1982. But there were also more traditional symbols of Polish patriotism, including an ensign emblazoned with a golden Polish eagle wearing a royal crown and brandishing a cross. The crowd...
...eased Deputy Prime Minister William Whitelaw over to the House of Lords. All told, she made more than 60 changes in her government, including twelve in her 21-member Cabinet. Thatcher assured the wary that the ideological balance had not shifted to the right, but the new government certainly bore her stamp. Pym and Whitelaw, for example, were replaced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Geoffrey Howe and his deputy Leon Brittan, both devoted Thatcherites. Nigel Lawson, who proved abrasive but loyal as Secretary of Energy, took over at Treasury...
...carefully, trying to judge his competence. Is this space hero with the soapy talk about traditional values smart enough, they seemed to be asking, shrewd enough, to run the country? Will this man who has become almost a national icon, if unmasked, turn out to be an earnest bore...
...assured the police that Kahl was the only other person in the house, officials planned to examine the fugitive's dental records before ruling that it was Kahl. The state medical examiner performed an autopsy and issued a "presumptive identification" based on the fact that the body bore evidence of shrapnel wounds, which Kahl had suffered in World...