Word: standing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...million in Cambodian relief for fiscal 1980, the other providing for $30 million. Says Republican Representative John B. Anderson of Illinois, co-sponsor of the latter measure: "If we fail to mobilize the resources of the world, we will be guilty of the crime of silence as we stand by and watch the condemned people of Cambodia march through what has been termed the Auschwitz of Asia on the road to death...
Lately, every movie with a strong leading man has a Diane Keaton counterpart, a woman who stand three inches taller and carries a superwoman image. In Justice Christine Lahti is Gail Packer, a three-piece-suited lawyer who believes she's doing her part for humanity by serving on an ethics committee that investigates lawyers...
...guiding patterns of Letters are like those abstract coffee-table sculptures that come apart into little pieces, then stand whole again only as a testimony to the dogged persistence of the party guest who sat there all night putting the damn thing back together again. You can play that game if you want to; stand in line for your Ph.D in Contemporary...
Quibbling with Thomas's conclusions is probably what he wants. He doesn't look to persuade us; undogmatic and exuberant, Thomas wants only that we stand with him, as biology watchers, and wonder about the mysteries of nature...
...stand for responsible unionism and will run for reelection despite the objections of J.K. Galbraith, who may well work for the opposition candidate," McBride said...