Word: mottoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...raiser in Washington for the National Women's Political Caucus. The caucus is a serious nationwide effort to get women involved full time in politics. Headquartered in Washington, the caucus has established branches in 46 states and has been holding well-attended regional workshops in political techniques. Its motto: "Women! Make policy not coffee." Or, to reverse a man's metaphor: if you can stand the heat, get out of the kitchen...
...thing interesting about travelling around New Hampshire was the slogan emblazoned on New Hampshire license plates: "Live Free or Die." This is the state motto, taken from the Revolution, but this is the first year it has been so boldly displayed. The alternative to freedom was perhaps in William Loeb's mind as he blasted "Moscow Muskie...
AFTER months of dreary infighting by rule-minded officials, the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, finally and refreshingly gave way to the athletes last week. Sparked by their youthful zest, the games more than lived up to the Olympic motto: "Citius, altius, fortius" (swifter, higher, stronger). Indeed, when the competition ended after ten days and 35 events, the Swiss had skied swifter, the Japanese had jumped higher, the Americans had come back stronger-and the Russians and East Germans had walked off with the lion's share of medals...
Anderson would recognize the Stamper family of Sometimes a Great Notion. "Never give a inch" is the clan motto. Their dogged nonconformity takes heed neither of political fashion nor social form. When a general strike is called among the lumbermen of their small Oregon town, the Stampers go right on working. The union pays a visit, and the head of the clan (Henry Fonda) makes congenially threatening remarks about "Commie pinkos who tell us when to cut." Replies the bookish union leader: "That's as good a statement of 19th century philosophy as I've ever heard...
...Guideline" has become something of a Democratic economists' buzz word, and the Nixon White House prefers "yardstick." Indeed, the White House is proudly passing out 36-in. wooden rulers bearing the motto: "Follow the Yardstick to a New Prosperity...