Word: standing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eleventh-hour bid to rally the demoralized moderates, former Education Minister Shirley Williams, who lost her parliamentary seat last May, exhorted them to "stand up and start fighting for yourselves!" Though it was too late to beat the leftists at Brighton, the moderates have now established a so-called Committee for a Labor Victory in an effort to regain control of the party. Meanwhile, both sides of the mangled party will be fighting each other as well as the Tory government, which could only cheer Prime Minister Thatcher. As the conservative Daily Express wryly noted, "With enemies like that...
...sticking to our cleats. You had to stand up very straight out there. It was like iceskating," Sanacore said. "It didn't bother us to play--but it was a little cold...
...next day. Maybe the policemen don't know this--they spray it straight in your eyes from inches away, and the only thing you can remember is to yell "Medic." They arrive with plastic jugs of water and boric acid, and after a few pints you can stand the smarting. Your face stays red for a long time...
...while and listen to the spokes meeting, and then, in a gusty 45-degree wind you crawl into your sleeping bag. The Guard are down on the railroad tracks--30 of them 20 yards away--in helmets. They don't want to talk, they just want to stand there, and you sleep. You believe now; but in a way you still don't, and in a lot of ways you'd rather forget...
Students said Kelly, who opposes forced busing, is a racist. White said Kelly should not be penalized for his stand on busing, adding that he has a right to his own opinions...