Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Other delegates are expected to express their support for the popular Gov. Michael S. Dukakis. The eventual importance of those delegates will remain unclear until Dukakis decides whether to endorse a candidate before the convention...
...Israelis last week had an opportunity to express their opposition directly to one particular deal: the proposed sale by West Germany of tanks and other weaponry to Saudi Arabia. When West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl arrived in Israel for a six-day state visit, he was greeted with several demonstrations protesting not only the arms sale but also the presence of a German leader on Israeli soil...
...toughest yardage of all. Lining up in a prevent defense for 18 years, perspective has been conceding huge slabs of ground to outlandishness. During the early days of Roman numerals, President Nixon was content to recommend flanker-reverse plays. Now President Reagan appears on a split screen to express his nuclear reaction to a 191-yd. performance by Raiders Running Back Marcus Allen. Because of the Super Bowl, the stock market in New York goes down, some bookies in Las Vegas go broke and a water main in Salt Lake City goes blooey (when too many toilets were flushed...
...field since World War II, the recent surge in sales may be a response to U.S. military actions in Lebanon and Grenada. The symbolism seems more upbeat than it was in the mid-1960s, when college students opposed to the Viet Nam War wore combat gear largely to express their scorn for the military. Today, says Allen Schreck, national sales manager for Schreck Wholesale Inc. in Chicago, a manufacturer of military clothing, "I think many people wear military clothes because they feel proud of the U.S. and the way it is acting in world affairs...
...custodians of a repressive state apparatus. To the contrary, as Secretary of Defense he is an official voice of government policy. His position gives him immediate access to newspapers and television. His views are well known. It is not the right of members of an audience to express their our rage and disapproval of such views, particularly when an event is covered by the national media where these same views are explained and propounded daily? And, for the record: at no point was Weinberger effectively prevented from speaking. In fact, he ultimately delivered his text and everyone in the audience...