Word: standing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...candidates said the question of clean government might fade in comparison to other campaign issues. But Myers said "The issue of the accountability of government will come up. Right now, it has become quite distant from the people. City government has been more willing to stand with real estate interests than neighborhood groups...We must protect the neighborhoods...
...wanting to stand in the way of initiative, I let him lead the way. My grandparents' house backs up on an alley that leads to a commercial street, Ford Parkway. There we could find plenty of shops, a gas station and a mostly elderly clientele...
...students also pressured the faculty to takea stand on divestment from companies doingbusiness in South Africa...
...really possible that Howard Johnson's simply disappeared, and without anyone saying farewell? No, the reality is more interesting. From the day in 1928 when Howard D. Johnson opened his first roadside stand, in Wollaston, Mass., to sell hot dogs and a rich chocolate ice cream of his own formulation (16% butterfat), the next half-century was largely a story of growth and profit. But that success inevitably brought increased competition from all kinds of newcomers, like McDonald's, and the gas shortages of the 1970s hurt all roadside businesses considerably. There were also some who claimed that baby-boom...
...Atlanta a mother beats her three children -- ages twelve, ten and eight -- with a rolling pin until they are black and blue. In Richmond a man forces his nephew to stand at attention and circles the boy while spitting on him. During a parent-teacher conference in Detroit, a woman grabs her twelve-year- old son, hits him in the face until he bleeds, then punches him in the ribs and walks out of the room. What did these children do to earn such treatment? They brought home report cards with poor grades...