Word: pinned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pin it down precisely? In a week or two, a hundred million citizens will be cooing at the Statue of Liberty and popping Chinese firecrackers like machine guns far away. Another Fourth. Can anyone say why, exactly, we think we're something special? After all, the Chinese made more than firecrackers, and the Greeks and the Romans ran the world once too (not that we really do). In a heavenly accounting, those civilizations could provide a hefty list of what they offered to the world. If St. Peter asked Americans what they have offered, what would...
Once again--in lobbying for the McClure-Volkmer "Firearms Owners Protection Act" which NRA pin-up Kliesmet is advertising--the NRA has demonstrated its knack at introducing ambiguity into a straightforward issue...
Less than a month after Hyundai Motor America introduced the $4,995 subcompact Excel, the first South Korean-made car to enter the U.S. market, company officials have discovered a problem that could result in complete brake failure. During routine predelivery checks, Hyundai inspectors found that a critical pin was improperly installed in the braking system of three cars. Though no accidents have been reported, the company took no chances. Moving fast, Hyundai executives last week voluntarily recalled all the 4,400 Excels sold in the U.S. Owners were promised free inspections and repairs by Hyundai dealers...
...banner?" What do you say when someone asks you to lead a parade of 125,000 people? You say yes yes yes. She tells you to get on some white clothes and the official gold sash and to come up to the front. You ask a woman for a pin to fasten your official gold sash. The woman asks who sent you here. "Some girl," you answer. "First of all there are no girls here," she says, "only women." She doesn't give you a pin...
Along with the Greek revival has come an upsurge of the nice-guy sentimentality once typical of college life. Greeks again serenade a girl who has accepted a fraternity pin from a brother. Corsages, long dresses and black tie are back for dances. Initiation ceremonies, long scorned as juvenile (and now largely cleansed of the rough stuff), are once again emotional experiences, with pledges of fealty by candlelight. On some campuses, Hell Week has been renamed Inspiration Week. Senior Kyle Williamson of the University of Colorado's Sigma Phi Epsilon house, which prides itself a membership of jocks and other...