Word: uplifting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cuomo said his theory is to replace theindividual hero with the heroic message,"something powerful enough to unite and uplift allof...
...views turn out to be. Clinton has privately called the Congress that dared pursue him "Stalinist"; James Dobson, meanwhile, has said the American people can no longer recognize the nature of evil. But 1998 was a year of public corruption and private progress, of numbers that shouted of moral uplift as crime, abortion, teen pregnancy and drunk driving all dropped. There was no epidemic of perjury; in fact the evening news became an occasion to demonstrate in constant, clear terms that we take lying extremely seriously...
Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy K. Anthony Appiah, noted the uplift and challenge combined in the president's words...
Northern Ireland, where the painstaking peace process has been rocked by horrible killings in the past few months, hardly seems a promising destination for a politician searching for a bit of uplift and optimism. But last week after two fruitless days in Moscow, President Bill Clinton flew into Belfast to a warm welcome from cheering crowds and to celebrate what, despite bombings and burnings, still looks like a major foreign policy triumph for his Administration. "The people of Northern Ireland," said British Prime Minister Tony Blair in welcoming Clinton, "owe you a deep debt of gratitude. No President...
...could be that significant medical and scientific accomplishments will result from Glenn's journey. But no matter. A needed uplift to the American spirit will surely result. GERALD BAZER Toledo, Ohio...