Word: flag
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...honor those long-dead national heroes. I did not participate in a parade, even though I did as a child. I did not pledge allegiance to the flag they preserved, despite the fact that I did so every day in high school. If I kept a diary, I probably would not have registered the day's importance, not even as an aside. Instead, I watched a movie, stayed at lunch a little longer, practiced for a house pool tournament and whiled away the hours until dinner...
...honor those long-dead national heroes. I did not participate in a parade, even though I did as a child. I did not pledge allegiance to the flag they preserved, despite the fact that I did so every day in high school. If I kept a diary, I probably would not have registered the day's importance, not even as an aside. Instead, I watched a movie, stayed at lunch a little longer, practiced for a house pool tournament and whiled away the hours until dinner...
...American wrestlers win friends in the streets of Tehran, their presence appears to be infuriating Iran's conservatives. When the Stars and Stripes drew enthusiastic cheers at the opening ceremony of an international wrestling tourney, a conservative cleric urged parliament to reject the presence of the flag "which we used to trample underfoot only last year," and led legislators in the ritual chant of "Death to America...
Then the White House did a very wise thing: it went silent. Sources dried up, officials hunkered down; the denial was out, the policy flag had been squarely planted and the White House decided simply not to respond to any but the most damaging questions. As a senior Republican official said, "The smartest thing they've done all week is shut up." In fact, Clinton and Gore left town altogether, heading to the heartland to sell the previous night's message...
...hold that mint julep, Rhett: the flag in question is done in red, black and green--the colors of African liberation. In the heart of the city where the first shots of the Civil War rang out, Sherman Evans and Angel Quintero, both 34, both black, have fired a volley of their own. At NuSouth, their 10-month-old boutique, all the gear features that red, black and green flag logo, a symbol, they say, of racial solidarity. "It's about unification, not polarization," says Quintero, noting that most of his customers are white. The line has caught the attention...