Word: displays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Supreme Court, in a 5-to-4 decision upholding inclusion of a crèche in a municipally financed Pawtucket, R.I., Christmas display, gave new heart to those who hope, and new worries to those who fear, that the court may now be less insistent on maintaining a "wall of separation between church and state."* Chief Justice Warren Burger, writing for the majority, called the wall "a useful figure of speech" but "not a wholly accurate description of the practical aspects of the relationship that in fact exists between church and state...
...case involved Pawtucket's use of public funds ($1,365 initially, $20 a year now) to buy and then reerect annually a crèche as part of a Christmas display that also featured such secular holiday symbols as reindeer and a Santa Claus house. Chief Justice Burger, writing for the court majority, found the Nativity scene to be a "passive" symbol and its presence in the display "no more an advancement or endorsement of religion than...the exhibition of literally hundreds of religious paintings in governmentally supported museums." Said Burger: "We are unable to perceive the Archbishop...
Maine may have been the most telling display of Hart's strength and Mondale's weakness. Mondale had tried hard there, outspending Hart $400,000 to $40,000. Perhaps a third of the Democrats were from union households, Mondale's supposed mainstays. And voters chose delegates at caucuses, the system that favors Mondale's efficient organization. In Vermont, Hart campaigned extensively and was given the edge in the final week. But the dimensions of his victory-51,703 votes to 14,896-were stunning...
...spring politicians will have a chance in display their acting skills tonight in the Institute of Politics (IOP) Forum, when the newly formed Kennedy School Players debut in Sophocles's tragedy "Antigone...
...Assad waited patiently as a chartered executive jet glided to a halt and delivered his reluctant visitor, Lebanese President Amin Gemayel. The two men embraced, then repaired to a dais while ranks of Syrian troops passed in review and field guns barked out a 21-gun salute. The solicitous display spoke volumes about the intricacies of politics in the Middle East. Having achieved almost everything he desired in Lebanon, Assad was now making an exquisite show of courtesy and support for the Christian Maronite leader whose U.S.-backed government the Syrian President had demolished...