Word: mournings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...former baseball player who was too old to have made the jump from the Negro leagues to the majors. A former lowlife who has lived for duty, respectability and the right of absolute authority at home, he destroys everything he achieved and leaves no one to mourn him. Jones revels in the malignity of the man while sustaining sympathy for him. It is a magnificent performance...
...heroism and noble sacrifice. It was built by men and women like our seven star voyagers, who answered a call beyond duty." After paying individual tributes to each member of the crew, the President declared, "Dick, Mike, Judy, El, Ron, Greg and Christa--your families and your country mourn your passing. We bid you goodbye, but we will never forget...
...cancelling the State of the Union address made good political sense as well; it was not the time to be upbeat. But why wasn't it? People die every day in this country--at work, at home, in the streets. Reagan didn't go on TV to mourn the loss of a worker killed last month at a plant that processes uranium for nuclear weapons. He died for his country, unexpectedly, without media fanfare, with no final streak into the heavens. Or what about the street people who are dying in the cold snap that is sweeping the nation...
...mourn seven heroes," said President Reagan...
...They've forgotten their old man, all right. But I want to be forgotten. Who's gonna mourn me when I'm in the ground? Nobody. N.O. Body. And I guess nobody's all I need. But you can have the picture. I'm tired of the whole business. Take the picture...