Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hooray for New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani for denouncing the dung-covered Madonna collage being exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and for attempting to cut off public funding for the museum [NATION, Oct. 4]. Our society needs more courageous, moral people like Mayor Giuliani to stand up against the filth that is constantly being thrust upon us by left-wing liberals in the arts and entertainment. AUGUSTUS S. HUSSELTON Harrisburg...
...written the spot on hotel stationery; he even handed out copies of a penciled-up draft. He was pleased to have done something brave and impulsive. On Friday he was still being that way. He told the Washington Post he was thinking about flying solo--asking Bill Clinton to stand aside and let him win or lose by himself...
...Gore's turn he said, "I listened carefully to what you had to say about making this campaign a different kind of experience. I really agree." He proposed a debate a week, each devoted to a different issue. "What about it, Bill? If the answer is yes, stand...
...year-old junior who has Yates for fifth period, listens to his every word. "He does what no other teacher does," she says. Besides the kids, several parents have also come to watch. At 11:21, a sliver of moon finally peaks in the east above a stand of trees. "Mission accomplished," declares Yates. The students begin to drive away, but one remains behind, watching Yates pack up. The boy's father is getting married this weekend, he confides, and he's been happy for him--until now. Yates knows this senior comes from a troubled family and stays...
...class nods knowingly. Hester and Ali, Ali and Hester. Whether in years to come they will share Mendelson's disdain for the easy sentimentality, they at least stand a chance of recognizing...