Word: erection
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...truth is that his is a platform which goes beyond fostering uneasiness. His is one repulsive to the very system we have fought so hard to create. Pat Buchanan has identified certain prejudices and fears embodied in our people and has used them as a foundation on which to erect his candidacy...
...gathered on a vast field. At one end, an ill-kempt mob is armed mainly with monkey wrenches and backyard barbecue forks. At the other end is a neat line of arrogant-looking men in red suspenders, ready to defend themselves with squash racquets. Behind them, their leader sits erect on a Trojan horse, wearing two powdered wigs. There is silence. Then the air is pierced by a maniacal giggle...
Other Mapplethorpe photos in the article include two facial shots of black men and two poses of nude black men, one with an erect penis...
...commercial greeting card reproduced in the article reads "Every thing you ever heard about black men is true!" and shows photos of a black man dressed and undressed with an erect penis...
Memorials are primarily symbolic. Memorials do not simply express tragedy. Harvard does not erect memorials to those who die in car accidents or train wrecks. Our war dead are honored because we deem them to have made a heroic sacrifice. Our memorials implicitly endorse and commemorate the causes and ideals that soldiers die for. Memorials do more than just express regret that a Harvard graduate was struck by a bullet or a cannonball...