Word: honorable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...going to die in revolutionary suicide?with dignity and honor.' They were both black, maybe 19 or 20. I got the impression that perhaps they were sent down...
Domestic programs will bear almost the full brunt of the cuts. The U.S. took the lead last year in persuading NATO nations to increase defense spending by 3% a year in real terms. Carter will have a hard time going back on that pledge. To honor it, he will have to raise the Pentagon budget from $114.5 billion to about $126 billion in the 1980 budget. OMB Director James Mclntyre and other advisers are arguing for a smaller increase. But if Carter goes along with their pleadings, he will further erode the confidence of U.S. allies who are worried about...
...event occurred on April 5, 1976, three months after the death of Premier Chou Enlai. The populace of Peking discovered that the flowers they had placed in Chou's honor at the Martyrs' Monument in T'ien An Men Square had been removed. In protest, tens of thousands of citizens marched on the square, but were repulsed by militiamen. The incident erupted into the most remarkable public demonstration in Peking in 30 years: before it ended, angry marchers had set fire to automobiles and a nearby building. Countless protesters were bloodied and hustled off to jail...
...Francisco Opera Medal was fashioned, quite appropriately, of Tiffany gold, in honor of Kurt Adler's 50 years in the opera business and 25 years as general director of the San Francisco company. And it came with a bonus: a benefit soirée at up to $500 a head, with a gaggle of golden-throated divas to sing his praises, among them Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dorothy Kirsten, Bidú Sayāo and Licia Albanese. Leontyne Price declared that her former mentor is still the "guiding figure" in her career. Also a tough perfectionist. "Just when you think Adler...
...Kaplan had the honor of scoring the decisive 14th match point. He rebounded from a 3-1 deficit to skewer his epee opponent, 5-4, seconds before foilman Dave Hanower concluded his bout victoriously...