Word: expressionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In a country like ours, where freedom of expression is a basic right, it is deplorable and ironic that extremists would bomb the U.S. Capitol [Nov. 21]. The Capitol is where debate and opinions, not terrorism, form American policy.
Your story about General Paul X. Kelley's conversation with a wounded Marine [Nov. 7] reveals the general's naiveté. In the language of the Marine Corps, Semper Fi does not mean "always faithful." The expression connotes something rather different.
The expression is from World War II. When Marines in the Pacific said "Sem per fi, Mac, " they frequently meant "Look pal, you 've got to take care of yourself out here."
The most optimistic gloss on the letter's words came from West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The Soviet message, he said, included an "expression in principle of a preparedness to reconsider and revise the one-sided breaking off' of the negotiations. As proof, Kohl cited the continuation last...
The Nicaraguan moves have met with intense skepticism at the White House. Administration officials are inclined to believe that the reforms are largely cosmetic, aimed at fending off an invasion without achieving any genuine change. Said State Department Spokesman Alan Romberg: "We see no real evidence that the Sandinistas have...