Word: mottoes
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...Apparently people like it better than 'be good.'" LARRY PAGE, Google co-founder, explaining the company motto, "Don't Be Evil," to Playboy magazine. The interview has troubled investors, as it may have violated laws requiring a "quiet period" before the Internet firm's initial public offering
...husband, who has been coaching since 1983: "The Chinese race knows how to endure hardship. Our job is to push these kids to their limits, so they can perform gloriously for our nation." Behind him on the wall, below oversized Olympic and Chinese flags, giant red lettering summarizes the motto of the Weilun school, proud breeding ground of eight athletes at this month's Athens Olympics: "Patriotism, Unity, Struggle and Devotion...
Ringu spawned a sequel and a prequel in Japan and remakes in South Korea and the U.S. It also generated a genre, whose motto might have been "I see dead people, and they want me to join them." The stories of implacable ghosts developed their own cliches--closets full of ghosts and corpses, girls with long hair hiding their malevolent faces, dotty old ladies, child zombies caked in white--all of which you can expect to see in the Hollywood remakes...
...CAMP JAM in Atlanta, the motto is "No Canoes--Lots of Rock." Kids form bands and learn from famous staff members, like founder Jeff Carlisi of .38 Special...
...recognize female skateboarders. "It was like we dropped a bomb on the skating world, which was mostly male" and somewhat hostile, she says. The competition has helped legitimize the place of women in the sport with its inclusive philosophy, reflected in its motto "All ages, all abilities, all girls." The first year the contest attracted just five female skateboarders. At the most recent event there were more than...