Word: proclaiming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...turned against him in the mayor's race. "I will certainly save a lot of money in the future on charitable causes," he said. When he stalked from his suite without delivering a concession speech to supporters gathered in the ballroom below, one woman was prompted to proclaim, "Now I know why I don't like Republicans...
...escaped from Central America. Hundreds of other churches are giving aid to refugees and supporting the movement. To hide their identities, many of the fugitives wear masks while on public view in the churches. The United Methodist Church and United Presbyterian Church have asked their 47,000 congregations to proclaim sanctuary, and the board of directors of the American Friends Service Committee has urged Quakers to give asylum to the refugees...
...contras, however, loudly if extravagantly proclaim their objective to be precisely the overthrow of Nicaragua's increasingly repressive government. To that end, they have launched a much ballyhooed "invasion" - actually a series of hit-and-run raids by guerrillas operating inside Nicaragua. And a stream of reports by American newsmen who have visited contra bases in Honduras has left no doubt that the Administration is assisting them by supplying training, arms, and intelligence on troop movements in Nicaragua's northern provinces gathered by spy plane...
Perhaps their refusal to allow an open discussion reflects the true spirit of a group that would proclaim themselves the enemies of anyone or anything. This attitude removes any validity the group may have had and exposes it for the petty, vindictive, reactionary organization it is. Does not this campus pride itself on an open discussion of important issues...
...they do. Their dripping, sticky hands shine under the dull purple stage lights, coloring the rest of the scene--as the assassins proclaim their innocence and lofty motive to the populace--in lurid ironies...