Word: patrioteers
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They said it was a life of glamour, but it was really a life of splendor. I want to say, Listen, kid, buck up, don't be blue -- the thing about this woman and her life is that she was a patriot, who all by herself one terrible weekend lifted and braced the heart of a nation...
...that weekend long ago, and our children who have only a child's sense of who and what she was. I wish we could stand on the sidewalk as the caisson passes, and take off our hat, and explain to our sons and daughters and say, "That is a patriot passing by." I wish I could see someone'slittle boy, in a knee-length coat, lift his arm and salute...
...story revolves around David Williams, an American history professor under siege by his colleagues and the board of trustees for his refusal to sign a loyalty oath. Played by Jason Cooper, David evinces all the moist-eyed idealism of a true patriot; in both his home and classroom, he has large portraits of his personal hero, Abraham Lincoln, and teaches to his students a mixture of red-white-and-blue rhetoric and history. His wife Elisabeth (Amy Brown) and daughter Joanne (Genevieve Roach) complete the wholesome family portrait. But a closer inspection of the Williams reveals the growing stress fractures...
...woman's right to choose an abortion. He probably set a record for judicial hate mail, 60,000 pieces, calling him everything from the Butcher of Dachau to Pontius Pilate. At a recent speech, he read from one: " 'You are the lowest scum on earth' -- signed by 'an American Patriot...
...Clinton Administration has decided a gradual move from purely diplomatic to economic and military pressures is still the best response. That is the only way the Security Council might earn backing from China if sanctions are needed later. Last week the U.S. strained to avoid appearing bellicose. The Patriot batteries are being shipped to South Korea rather than flown. No date has been set for the renewed Team Spirit exercise. The Security Council resolution Washington is drafting is expected only to admonish North Korea to comply with treaty terms and to warn that sanctions might be imposed later...