Word: mottos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...near epic example of the latter is The Dream of the Knight, by the Madrid painter Antonio de Pereda (1611-78). The young Don sleeps, and an angel appears in his dream with a scroll bearing a diagram of death's arrow with the motto, "It pierces eternally, flies quickly and kills." Before the two figures is a tumbled mass of emblems of the world: armor and a wheel-lock gun (military glory), a bishop's miter and a papal tiara (religious authority), a laurel wreath (cultural fame), money, jewels, playing cards, sheet music-and a mirror that reflects only...
...unofficial team motto is `find a way to win,' and I'm sort of the champion of that motto," Granat says...
...been in control of his computer-free life for some time now, waiting for the rest of the world to catch up. He presides over the Lead Pencil Club in Wainscott, New York, an organization that eschews high technology, especially E-mail, faxes and anything even remotely wired. Their motto: "What's the hurry...
...feel about being possibly the last "first" blocking group? We did it by not trying. That is our motto. If you try hard, it messes things...
...society determined she owed. Grant should be denied admission because she misrepresented herself--lied, either with an outright lie or with a lie by omission--on her application. With that action, Grant proved she does not merit admission to an academic and residential community that takes veritas as its motto...