Word: patriotic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THOUGH HE BECAME a hero to most Americans, a kind of scientific pundit turned patriot. Oppenheimer wasted little time in going to Washington to advocate a policy of "international collaboration" concerning the use of atomic weapons. Oppenheimer felt an international community of nations should control the testing and development of the bomb. However, Oppenheimer's willingness to cooperate with other nations, coupled with his past political connections (the FBI had a comprehensive dossier describing all his affiliations with members of the Communist Party), led government hawks and Oppenheimer's former Los Alamos colleague. Edward Teller, to believe that the Father...
Jaruzelski has won a reputation as both a fervent Polish patriot and an unshakable party loyalist. In introducing him to parliament last week, Party Boss Stanislaw Kania said: "Now as black clouds hang over Poland, he is the best man to whom the helm could be offered." Perhaps. But those clouds will sorely test his capacity for reconciling the conflicts between his nation and his ideology...
...final cut: "You have cut off my balls, Joe. My Balls!" Here is Geidt, prancing on tiptoes, delivering an hilarious monologue on what America means to him (mostly strapping young boys), and miming his way through Washington's address to his troops. You have to be a die-hard patriot not to love this stuff...
...skepticism and the constant questioning of the logic of past Chinese policies, he retains, as Thomson says, "a faith in the ultimate outcome of justice in China--which means faith in China itself." Zhao still believes in the strength of the revolution. At heart, he is an unswerving Chinese patriot...
Walt Whitman called it "the Presidentiad." Woodrow Wilson referred to it as a "great and solemn referendum." The average voter, whoever he may be, looks on it as a recognition of his own importance. The cynic may think it a waste of good time and money, but the patriot leaps to the ballot box with an unholy joy shining...