Word: reminding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...achieving comparable results, Massachusetts has closed down its flag-sewing operation in favor of a microfilm shop. Some experts caution that this approach can backfire. Jack Schaller, president of the American Institute of Criminal Justice in Philadelphia, maintains that ex-cons often do not want to pursue activities that remind them of their days behind bars. If a prisoner worked in the print shop, says Schaller, "the last thing he's going to do when he gets out on the street is have anything to do with printing...
...world for President Carter is to be just sitting here while this platform is rewritten," he said. "We've got to fight every one of these economic reports." Then Strauss climbed up and gave another push. "The country is not with Senator Kennedy on these issues," he said. "Remind these delegates about the fight against inflation." But like Strauss and Jordan, Delegate Chief Tom Donilon, standing at the edge of the group, knew the fight was already lost. "These votes are going to come right after Kennedy's speech," Donilon said glumly...
...First of all, his record on everything, domestic and foreign, is an abomination, and we intend to remind voters of it: when he called the League of Women Voters the "Rhine Maidens," when he said he wanted to tear up SALT II. Second, Reagan doesn't know anything about the Federal Government. He particularly doesn't know anything about international affairs, security matters and economics. I think the contrast with Carter is pretty impressive. Carter does know Government now, he's able, and he understands the complexities of these problems...
...Opening exercises in Tercentenary theater. The last time you will all assemble in one place before Commencement, as each of the speakers will surely remind you. A real live opportunity to hear the pillars of the Harvard establishment expound on Harvard. Presidents Bok and Horner will welcome you to the company of not-yet-educated men and women. Dean Rosovsky will bring his dry and sometimes stinging wit along to give an address. (His address, by the way, is University Hall...
...Universal Light Church Inc," one said. Others talked--seriously--of going to Canada, of going underground, of becoming conscientious objectors should the draft resume. But the personal motives mask a core of political beliefs. Americans may have forgotten about Vietnam, but it doesn't take much to remind them, and draft registration brings memories back to the surface. Exxon and Mobil will be distressed to learn that large numbers of America's youth think oil isn't worth dying for. "What the fuck have they ever done for me?" asked one, obviously not a regular reader of the Times...