Word: mall
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...MAMA, WHERE are you?" the little girl squealed as she struggled to hold on to an oversized poster of Martin Luther King, Jr. and keep up with the crowd marching to the Lincoln Memorial in the 96 degree heat of the Capital Mall August...
...reality is that the President, no matter who he may be, is only one force in a very large and cantankerous world. Indeed, even as the park custodians were cleaning up the Mall after the march, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that in the previous twelve months world population climbed 82.1 million, the largest gain in the history of this weary globe. In the view of Lester Brown of Worldwatch Institute, which monitors global stress, population is the most awesome problem. Masses of people shouldering each other for food, space, wealth and dignity are at the root of most wars...
...quality of their lives. Hardly a word was uttered about the obsolescence of heavy American industry, the spread of high technology and the growth of overseas competition, which together have cost thousands of Americans their jobs. Despite their claim to be a "Coalition of Conscience," the marchers on the Mall were not proposing to restrain their demands in favor of less fortunate groups or even to work for something we used to call the national interest...
More than 20 years ago, there was another speaker whose voice echoed from the other end of the Washington Mall. John Kennedy urged Americans to consider first what they could do for their country, not what the country could do for them...
Newcomers may find local shopping a shock. The major mall is too far away to visit regularly, and ruburban stores, trying to attract both natives and newcomers, carry schizophrenic stock. The appliance-repair shop also sells running shoes; the wine selection at the liquor store shows promise, but the owner still recommends Riesling with meat loaf; the grocery displays bagels next to the pork chops, and one store may handle both hot tubs and pool tables...