Word: shall
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...blatant, dangerous revisionism. As he plans his trip, Reagan should heed the words of writer and camp survivor Elie Weisel, on whom he will bestow the Congressional medal of honor this week. Of his teenage years spent in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Weisel wrote in his autobiographical account, Night, "Never shall I forget these things even if I am condemned to live as long as God himself." While Reagan's plea to "look to the future" is an apt one, it should not be accompanied by an obliteration of the past...
...tragedy, both are evoked and invoked with consummate artistry clarity and immediacy: "And as I see these things in the light of lamp, all perishable and transient, how bound up I know I am to all that is human endeavor, to all that past and to all that shall be, to all that shall be lost and leave no trace," Long before this penultimate sentence, the vision is clear, through this prose that is not only a lens but a prism...
Ralph: Right, dearest. So doubtless we shall soon see Margaret Thatcher flogging Dr Pepper, and Queen Elizabeth in her royal quarters having an argument with Prince Philip over Mountain Dew. Maybe we can get Sandra Day O'Connor to push Gatorade. And how about Mother Teresa for Perrier? She could talk to us about choices for the poor...
...does on taxes. He left no doubt that his approach is deliberate. Addressing the Magazine Publishers Association the morning after his "make my day" speech, Reagan noted, "Some stories recently (have suggested that) remarks of mine on taxes and defense and freedom in our hemisphere have been--well, shall we say, plain and direct." The stories, the President happily confirmed, were entirely correct: "We have an obligation now to be as candid as we were last fall when these issues were very clearly debated and, I think, emphatically decided by the people." It was an example...
...future withdrawal plans. We are already preparing ourselves to defend the northern part of Israel from Israeli territory. We shall maintain a mobile defense. No serious Israeli ever suggested that we should remain in Lebanon forever. Also, our presence in Lebanon has not made it a more balanced country. It is becoming more and more Shi'ite, and the Shi'ites are becoming more and more militant...