Word: mottoes
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Certainly Clinton cannot be blamed for all of his state's environmental shortcomings. Bush's shoddy leadership on the national level has produced problems in all 50 states. But we must acknowledge that "The Natural State," as Arkansas is described by its motto, could use some cleaning...
...Democrats -- and as leader of the Socialist International -- and evolved into an honored, even beloved, elder statesman. One of the crowning moments of his later years came after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, when he delivered a ringing speech in Berlin that ended with the motto of unification: "What belongs together will now grow together...
Several years ago, the District of Columbia was deciding on a new motto to put on its license plates, and one of the ideas suggested was "Washington, D.C.: don't Believe the Hype." After dutifully fulfilling my obligation as a government concentrator to spend at least one summer within several miles of the White House and wear a power tie every day to work, I would sooner do all of the reading for my classes this fall than live in that would-be state...
Buchanan's brand of neo-isolationism appealed to only a minority of voters during the primaries. Still, those who supported Buchanan's message managed to get his "America First" motto into the platform's final draft. Though proposals to phase out foreign aid and to castigate the Administration for granting China most-favored-nation status were voted down, the Buchanan camp did win a provision favoring tougher measures against illegal immigration from Mexico. The new plank supported placing "structures" along the border, a variation of Buchanan's idea of building frontier fences. "That's wacko," remarked Congressman Vin Weber...
When her husband's fidelity was questioned, she stood by him, but distinguished herself from the traditional good little wife whose motto might be "my husband right or wrong," by saying she wasn't going to be a "Tammy Wynette 'Stand By Your Man'" type of wife. The message: I'm here because I trust him, not because I'm a doormat...