Word: proclaiming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...loosely following Travis's readings from a journal he keeps, allows us to trace not only Travis's actions, but also the world he deals with so poorly. Young and charming, giving no indication of his inner turmoil, De Niro's Travis enters the senator's campaign office to proclaim with boyish impetuousness that Betsy is the most beautiful person has ever seen. Yet even here warning signs lurk, as in the way he carefully details exactly what he and Betsy have on their little coffee shop date. Travis's bizarre hypocrisy emerges when he takes Betsy to the only...
...ills of society continue to be brought to light today, people are beginning to seek answers in the old adage, "Spare the rod, spoil the child." As they proclaim a few beatings in a child's youth are better than years in prison later, it seems that they are missing better solutions to the problems of our youth. Communication and education go further than coat hangers and paddles, and more knowledge than more fear will take us farther...
...activity that most appeals to adolescents," asserts Matt Myers, counsel to the Coalition on Smoking and Health, who first saw the train ads in his 13-year-old son's copy of Sports Illustrated. "It is another trick to make smoking the way teenage boys assert their independence and proclaim their masculinity. And it's another reason why restrictions should be placed on tobacco advertising and marketing...
...introduce her lover as "the roommate?" Poignancy begins to enter the picture here as we witness the refreshing triumph of the once sheepish, small-town schoolgirl, released from the purgatory of junior high, who now, as an aggressive, honorary New Yorker can face an audience of classmates and proclaim: "I'm a lesbian! I'm a lesbian! I'M A LESBIAN...
...mark of ATF's curious culture, however, that even the most critical agents often proclaim a deep respect for the agency and its mission. "I love this agency," Stewart says. "I love this agency so much I would work for it 24 hours a day if they'd let me." Vanessa McLemore, another class-action plaintiff, says she wanted to become an ATF agent since high school. "Deep down I'm happy. I would not go to another agency. I love what I'm supposed to do. What I don't like is not being given an equal opportunity...