Word: honored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fashioned view of these things. Of course it's appropriate for students to express their views and people may decide to do more which might lead to arrest. But any time you do this you are taking personal responsibility for your actions. If they remain anonymous, you can't honor their opinions...
...told the activists that they must take responsibility for their actions and present their names to the administration: "If they remain anonymous, you can't honor their opinions." But, in an institutional sense, the University is doing the same thing. By using a body that is responsible only to itself, the University manages to inflict punishment while refusing to accept responsibility. How can you honor their opinions...
...against the German army, and official news conferences on issues such as foreign trade and Moscow's international youth festival have begun with statements concerning the anniversary. A commemorative ruble was minted for the occasion; Soviet horticulturists even developed a red tulip hybrid named Parade in honor of the celebration...
...tons). Bands blaring (God Bless America and The + Caisson Song). Onlookers shouting down from skyscraping heights. Placards and posters flashing and bobbing (YOU'RE OUR HEROES and THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICES). Throngs (perhaps a million, according to police) cheering, clapping and even weeping at streetside. The guests of honor, some 25,000 strong, were a wonderfully motley montage of sloppy fatigues, permanent-press suits, blue jeans, camouflage twills, blow-dried hair, scraggly beards, relic berets. They added up to the biggest collection of people ever feted at one time in such a parade...
Reagan gave special assurances to the men who fought in World War II. "To the veterans and families of American servicemen who still feel the painful losses of that war, our gesture of reconciliation today in no way minimizes our love and honor for those who fought and died for our country." To the "survivors of the Holocaust," he said: "Many of you are worried that reconciliation means forgetting. But I promise you, we will never forget...