Word: soldierly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...opposition legislators who want to force new elections. Thousands of people took to the streets in Rome, Milan, Genoa and other cities to protest that cowardly display of cynicism. Ciampi, 72, who has no party affiliation and who is an ex- Governor of the Bank of Italy, vowed to soldier...
...Commencement, [we want] everyone to carry one balloon in for every gay and lesbian soldier kicked out of the military during Colin Powell's term. There will be about 7,000 balloons given out to graduates," said Brad B. Sears, a member of the gay, lesbian and bisexual group at Harvard Law School...
Harvard split with the Big Green on Saturday at Dartmouth, 8-6 and 8-7, and then swept the men from the north yesterday at Soldier's Field...
...hard-core rapper from his contract, apparently fearing more controversy after the storm last year over his song Cop Killer. However, the new album is, for the most part, balanced and coherent. On Race War, Ice-T calls for blacks, Asians and Hispanics to unite. On Message to the Soldier, he raps, "Check the history books, son/ Black leaders die young/ They tell us that our words are scary/ They're revolutionary." With his gangsta posturing, Ice-T is far from a role model for urban youth, but his real goal is to expose suburbia to inner-city anger...
...Powell, this is not a matter of justice, but utility. Sexual orientation is obviously not a just criterion for exclusion from the military since homosexuality does not prevent a soldier from carrying out his or her duties. With this in mind, however, the ban on gays in the military is often branded arbitrary discrimination...