Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...century later, Martin Luther King called upon Lincoln's memory, saying, "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation." King too relied upon America's shared memory, using Americans' knowledge of their nation's ideals to shame them into action. What happens to a nation, though, when neglect and apathy have severed those "mystic chords...
...history that cast their homeland in an unfavorable light, will be incapable of engaging in any sacrificial efforts on its nation's behalf. Someone who doesn't believe in their country is incapable of acting for that country, for why act for a nation that seems to stand for nothing and is worth nothing...
...even someone who resists Frasier's charm can find attributes that make it distinct and admirable. First of all, unlike Roseanne or Seinfeld or Home Improvement or Mad About You or so many other sitcoms of recent years, it does not star a stand-up comedian. Grammer is an actor playing a part, not a comic who has had a show built around him. As a result, Frasier has a presence as a character that is rare on TV today. He is not just a comic's alter ego, but a creation who seems to have a life...
...finite resource; that new reserves must be discovered and tapped so the big, integrated companies like Exxon and Mobil can stay in business. These executives know that when the going gets tough, the oil-services industry consolidates. They know their companies are going to stand among the survivors...
...bereft father. He doesn't know which to give the upper hand to--sadness or anger--and whether it's more manly to suffer in silence, drink in hand, or rage out loud, with his finger on a trigger. "This was the fatal habit of Polonius: to stand in the shadows, listening, peering at life with half an eye, letting others take the risk of living and despising them...