Word: token
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...token actions of the new U.S. ambassador--holding a candle at a funeral for a "disappeared" Chilean, and mentioning the words "human rights" to Pinochet--triggered an outburst of hopeful speculation in Chile that is hard to believe. According to Apsi, because of Ambassador Barnes actions and the recent demonstrations, the junta will fall within a year...
...cart out the old cliches and extoll the virtues and glory of the almighty American people: "The American people brought us back with quiet courage and common sense....The American people deserve our thanks," the President solemnly uttered in his message to Congress last Tuesday. And, as a token of appreciation which has become a Reagan trademark, the President took time out from assessing the state of the union to praise heretofore unnoticed American heroes...
...small university, and one of our own was going into space. One of our guys was making good." When Jarvis climbed into the shuttle last week, he was carrying a flag from the school he considered his real alma mater, SUNY at Buffalo. He called the banner "a small token for the way they unlocked my future...
...slightly bleached hair and a stoically dazed countenance, Miou-Miou is still beautiful (in an oh-so-French way) with her sucked in cheeks and endless legs. It is obvious to us that she can have as many numbskulls like her husbands as she wants, but by the same token we don't understand why she wants either of them...
Once in college, such athletes, many with token diplomas from substandard high schools, tend to be cosseted along in such courses as Food 1, Driver Education and Beginning Golf (which Williams reportedly flunked at Tulane). With that kind of schedule, an athlete may graduate, but he is prepared to do little more than play ball. Even at that, the odds against his cracking into professional sports are very poor (77 to 1 for basketball, 100 to 1 for football), and the few who do make it can count on an average playing career of no more than four years...