Word: virginians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prodigal a life-style in so protected a land makes for some rich ironies. It was said that upon first receiving television sets, tribal elders would huddle in front of The Virginian and marvel that there could be so many horses in Brunei...
Justice Powell, the courtly and traditional Virginian who wrote the majority opinions, emphasized that each of the rulings was solidly based on the foundation set down ten years ago. "The court repeatedly and consistently has accepted and applied the basic principle that a woman has the fundamental right to make the highly personal choice whether or not to terminate her pregnancy," he wrote. Only when the fetus could be viable outside the womb, generally not until the third trimester, can the state seek to protect the life of the unborn child...
Each speaker in the series will address a different area of American culture, Donald said, adding that because Massey, a Virginian businessman, comes from the South, it was especially appropriate to ask Welty to be the first Massey lecturer...
...missing in America's last war, are simple, elegant and dignified, everything the Viet Nam War was not. By the end of last week the adjacent ground was a fringe of private memorial icons: messages in ink and gold glitter, photographs, candles, tiny flags and hundreds of flowers. Virginian Larry Cox, one of four survivors from a 27-man platoon, found the black granite chilling. Still, he said, "it's a first step to remind America of what...
...standards but still $17 cheaper than two years ago, thanks to a 74.8% appreciation in the dollar against the French franc. At ubiquitous Parisian cafes, steak and pommes frites cost only $4, and a glass of wine can be as little as an additional 60?. Said Elaine Lustig, a Virginian traveling with her husband, last week: "We've been eating outstanding meals for one-half or one-third of what they would cost in the States. I think it's fantastic." In Spain, U.S. visitors find their dollars going 25% further this year. Rental cars, expensive elsewhere, cost...