Word: flagging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.--Space shuttle Discovery carried the American flag back into space yesterday after a 32-month absence, its five astronauts riding a 700-foot tail of flame from rockets meticulously redesigned after the Challenger disaster...
This turns the campaign into a farce. The candidates, bowled over by the weight of their own differences, trade barbs like children. The public, having already passed judgement on the issues, sucks up rumors of flag-burning and psychological trouble, and eagerly awaits the next low-hitting punch from one candidate to the other...
...soon as I crossed the goal line I said, 'where is the flag,'" Donovan said. "Next thing I knew I was being piled on. It's one of those plays that is hardly ever penalty-free...
...they aren't for the least. They're for the first one home. "I'm not 19 anymore," said Evelyn Ashford, who was fifth in the 100 meters at that age twelve years ago. "I've come a long way. I've been blessed." She was carrying the U.S. flag, and it made her feel strong. "It's a rush," she said. Ashford won the sprinter's gold in 1984, but she was expected to and scarcely enjoyed it. No one imagines she will do it this time, and she is jubilant at the thought. "No matter what happens...
...until 1945, forcing Koreans to adopt Japanese beliefs, Japanese words, even Japanese names. In fact, the man given the honor of carrying the torch into the Olympic stadium was, symbolically enough, Sohn Kee Chung, the Korean who won the 1936 marathon running reluctantly under a Japanese name and flag and who became a symbol for Korea's resistance...