Word: mottos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...being-Sheed is less sure. She is not "a heartless schemer," she is not a "cold climber." Certainly she is not just "Luce's woman." In the end, all he can do is shrug and quote his subject: " 'Do not defend me' is almost her heraldic motto, and I'll do my best...
...Polish leaders getting all excited? The people are only following the Marxist motto "Workers of the world unite...
...drew up plans for a society of good fellowship and spirited debate. (Sample topic: "Whether Polygamy is a dictate of Nature or not.") They devised a secret handshake and an initiation rite. The group, in fact, might have ended up as just one more fraternity but for a sober motto-and philosophy-based on the Greek letters ΦBK : "love of wisdom the guide of life." The Virginia chapter collapsed after only five years, in 1781, but not before it had sent an emissary north to Yale and Harvard. This month in Cambridge, Mass., the Alpha chapter at Harvard, which...
...Southwest Bank is headed by Colonel Isaac ("Zack") Long, 82, who says: "Our motto is first down and last up." Long earned his honorary officer's title while president of the St. Louis police board. He has presided over the bank's decisions since 1953, when a group of businessmen he headed bought a majority of Southwest's stock. The other big event that year was the death of two robbers in a gun battle during an attempted holdup of the bank. The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery, a 1959 movie about the incident, starred Steve McQueen...
...whole motto was unity in all phases of life," Scheper adds. Which translates into housework for Paul, and a lot of football games to go to for Gigi. But that's okay, because she loves football...