Word: disown
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cannot separate our present holiday celebrations from our historical legacy. To deny such roots is to disown the origin of our American culture. The Supreme Court wisely considered the arguments in deciding Marsh v. Chambers (1983). In Marsh, the Court permitted the Nebraska legislature to continue opening its sessions with a prayer from a state supported chaplain. The Court abandoned a strict constitutional analysis; instead, the Justices cited the substantial history of legislative chaplains and found no significant First Amendment violations...
...majority of the world's 6.5 million Armenians* deplore the terror tactics of the extremist groups, who experts believe have less than 1,000 members. Last week the Armenian Patriarch in Istanbul, Shnork Kaloustian, issued a plea to Armenians everywhere to "disown these misguided and fanatical elements." Still, hatred for the Turks has festered over the years in the face of indifference in most parts of the world to the Armenian national tragedy...
...wanted Congress to "lie down submissively" and let it "dictate every last scintilla" of the 1982 budget. Republican Leader Robert Michel blasted back that the only amendments the majority Democrats wanted to let his party offer to the budget bill were "bastards of the worst order for which we disown any parental responsibility." The vote, on a key procedural test, was suspensefully close: 217 to 210, with 29 Democrats breaking party ranks to give Ronald Reagan a narrow victory...
...sniping from the right generated by NCPAC. Confident that the Republican party will be forced to renounce Terry Dolan, Weicker says he is "proud to be a number one on that guy's hit list--wouldn't have it any other way." He predicts that even conservative candidates will disown Dolan--as several did in 1980--in an effort to maintain GOP unity. Raising his voice with characteristic emotion, Weicker has his own view of who will be the hunted in 1982: "It looks to me like Terry Dolan is the target, not moderate Republicans...
...sounds ridiculous. The scene, like many, is ridiculous. Every Man is a lot to swallow. But how much should we disown from our experience? Can we dismiss it as a possibility? Most of us will...