Word: icon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...begins while Rome still sleeps, around 5:30, and does not end until 11:30 p.m. By 6:15 he is in his private chapel, praying and meditating before its altar, over which hangs a large bronze crucifix. Within sight is a copy of Poland's most cherished icon, the Black Virgin of Czestochowa, from whose image Poles historically drew strength as they battled against their oppressors...
ldeological corruption flourishes in government agencies, as it does in the universities -- a kind of moral hiv. It destroys immune systems. A liberal icon teaching at Harvard whispered to me one day, "Affirmative action poisons the university for everyone. The students, both black and white, know it is crooked. The professor knows it is crooked. You cannot teach in these circumstances." The Federal Reserve Board at the moment is considering a new regulation that would require all small businesses applying for bank loans to identify themselves by race and gender. To what one-thousandth will the Fed measure my bloodline...
Virginians are faced with perhaps the most surprising senatorial race, where incumbent Democrat Charles Robb is trailing the once embattled--and almost convicted--former Iran-Gate icon Oliver North...
...many others came Thursday night to say goodbye to an icon, a haven from textbooks and term papers...
Romney, while criticizing Kennedy's record on the airwaves, has been particularly careful in public speeches about facing a state icon. The Republican repeatedly emphasizes that he has no deep vendetta against the incumbent; he simply thinks Kennedy's solutions to current social problems are outdated...