Word: mottos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...States of America was suspended, upside down, from the bleachers and posters read "Caspar Weinberger Mass Murderer". For people trying to change American policy because they care about our democratic ideals, the flag and the constant chanting that made free speech an impossibility were hypocritical, especially at Harvard whose motto is "veritas" and whose goal is the quest for knowledge...
...this as in other issues, Fowler's detractors say that his motto, "Let the marketplace decide," translates as "Let the industry decide." They contend that his stated intention of making the broadcast media as unfettered as print ignores a fundamental distinction: the number of broadcast outlets is limited, and the Government decides who gets them. "The reason for regulation," notes former FCC Chairman Charles Ferris, "is still the scarcity of the spectrum and the fact that not everyone can participate...
...Corporal Jeffrey Nashton of Jacksonville, N.C., reached up and grabbed Kelley's four stars to make sure he was who he said he was. In response to Nashton's signals, a pad of paper was put in his hand. He wrote, "Semper Fi,"short for the Marine motto Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful). Reagan was so moved by the account that he repeated Kelley's words verbatim during his televised speech last week. Added Reagan: "It says more than any of us could ever hope to say about the gallantry and heroism of these young...
...alone four years." In fact, Dartmouth is located in beautiful Hanover, N.H., where the foliage is now breathtaking, the air is always fresh and clean, the mountains are great for hiking and camping, and soon for hiking, and serenity of a college "alone in the wilderness," (from our motto) makes for a utopian setting for an education. I cannot understand how Mr. Knobler got that image, for one thing about Dartmouth that cannot he disputed is that it is really beautiful...
...swimming pool on the U.S.C. campus two miles from downtown nor the velodrome at Cal State-Dominguez Hills 17 miles away could be called opulent. Both are handsome. "It's for the athletes," says Aquatics Commissioner Jay Flood. "It isn't for the architects." This seems a perfect motto for the Games...