Word: standing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...your article "Surprise and Confusion" you state, "In ways not yet fully clear, the sight of Iran reduced to anarchy has brought into question Washington's ability and determination to support its allies and to assert what the nation stands for." And just what does this nation stand for? Is it self-determination by the majority of a people, or continued American economic and military hegemony over the "free" world...
...costly demands of regulation stand to weaken competition within the industry. GM will gain strength, Ford will at least hold its own, while Chrysler and AMC will probably lose ground. The bigger the company, the less trouble it will have meeting the standards. GM last year sold almost half of all the vehicles bought in the U.S. and registered sales of $63 billion, roughly equal to the gross national product of Switzerland. GM is able to spread fixed costs across a much greater volume than its competitors can, and it can spend more for experiment and developing new hardware...
...Ring Lardner, James Thurber, Damon Runyon and P.G. Wodehouse spun tales about the sport. Usually they played it for laughs. Lardner's Alibi Ike dealt with a peculiar rookie, using comic vernacular: "I've heard infielders complain of a sore arm after heavin' one into the stand, and I've saw outfielders tooken sick with a dizzy spell when they've misjudged a fly ball. But this baby can't even go to bed without apologizin', and I bet he excuses himself to the razor when he gets ready to shave." Runyon...
...symbolic. We live by symbols and the symbolic value of this university's collective gestures is orders of magnitude greater than the value of individual gestures we might make. We can choose, Mr. President, collective silence that implies either collective consent or collective indifference. Or we can take a stand that publicizes our collective opposition to the institutional racism of apartheid. Stephen A. Marglin Professor of Economics
After the first few class meetings of fiction I feared that my unknown abilities would stand in the shadows of the deservedly more recognized students whose first papers imparted a slight sense of awe to the entire class. But something turned around after those first few weeks, something I would have to attribute to Diana Thomson's warmth and encouragement as a friend as well as a teacher. My papers started to reflect me as a person and as a writer and I sensed a great deal more feeling and confidence with what I was doing in fiction. I gained...