Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tempting it is for a star-spangled American patriot to view Europe's growing Bill-and-Hillary fascination as proof that the world still needs a strong and resolute U.S. Europe's woeful incapacity to stop the near genocidal carnage in Bosnia buttresses this argument, as do the American troops whose orders read "Somalia." Yet imagine the reaction if the new Democratic President were someone older and grayer, a Walter Mondale, say, or a Lloyd Bentsen. An aura of anticipation? Unlikely. Rather, the likely response would be a halfhearted shrug at business as usual in the global amphitheater...
...writers from the Globe and Boston Rock, as well as the Boston Phoenix posse, looking very hip and in-the-know (I have to say this. I work for them); club warlord Pat Lyons (the emperor of Lansdowne Street), Don Law (the Godfather of Boston booking), members of Aerosmith, Patriot quarterback Scott Zolak, Boston Bruin Cam Neely and Motown records chair Jheryl Busby. A House of Blues executive buttonholes Phoenix arts editor Ted Drodzowski and tells him, "The House of Blues isn't about t-shirts and baseball caps. By the way, let me introduce you to our marketing director...
...Patriot forward Paulette Cormier poked a rebound past sophomore netminder Erin Villiotte with the clock reading 0:07--does anyone remember "Goldfinger"?--thwarting Harvard's upset bid and giving St. Laurent (6-2-1) a 3-2 win over the Crimson (2-4-0) in Bright Center...
...tenacious defense (save for the one mental lapse at the end) was also a highlight for the Crimson. Leitzes and junior Francie Walton turned in sparkling performances, breaking up several Patriot breaks...
...sophomore defender Winkie Mleczko contributed the first goal of the game, a shot from the point through a screen that snuck past Patriot goalie Mylene Benoit at 5:01 of the first period...