Word: shame
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...November 40 years later that I was at the White House. I told (President Reagan) this May 8 would be a very difficult time for us, when we would look back to our own liberation from the Nazis, but also to a day that was the revelation of national shame. I said we wanted to commemorate the day as one of remembrance, and far from denying the horrible acts perpetrated by Nazism, to do everything to see that they may never occur again...
...graves of Nazi SS soldiers. They can, however, bear witness to history by standing with the victims of the SS Wherever the Nazis ruled in Europe, they decreed that all Jewish people wear a yellow armband or Star of David upon their clothing Intended as a mark of shame, it was transformed into a symbol of courage and solidarity by the Gentiles who wore it also We be have an appropriate form of commemoration for all the victims, and repudiation of Mr. Reagan's act, would be for all people--Jewish and Gentile--to wear a yellow armband this Sunday...
...with the world the male orientation orthodox. Indaism begins to unsettle Ilana. Armidst all the resolutions of long burning conflicts that accompany the end of the novel are early warnings of Ilana's own intellectual rebellion that may be the foundation of succeeding books. It certainly would be a shame if the spiritual struggle's of Ilana Chandal Dinn ended...
Seeking out the tree food and drink essential to a social atmosphere is no easy task on Sunday evening or a Thursday afternoon. But, in a tradition of humanitarianism that puts U.S.A. for Africa to shame, the masters of Houses throw regular end-of-the-week get-togethers for the calorie and conversation starved masses...
...veterans themselves. The memorial's design--two long triangular panels of polished black granite, set below ground level, inscribed with the names of all the 58,022 who died in the Viet Nam War--struck many veterans as insulting at the time it was chosen. "A black gash of shame," Tom Carhart, a Viet Nam veteran and West Pointer, called it. Novelist James Webb (Fields of Fire), now an Assistant Secretary of Defense, wanted a white memorial, set above ground, with a flag. "A memorial should express more than grief," he says. "It should honor the service of those...