Word: vows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last week, America watched Los Angeles Lakers guard Magic Johnson tell a throng of reporters and cameras that he had tested HIV-positive. We heard him say that he was retiring from basketball. And we saw him vow to join the struggle against AIDS as a national spokesperson. This time, perhaps, the demarcation between Before and After will be a more meaningful...
After the Thomas vote, women's groups vow political revenge, but they face big obstacles...
...down well in party primaries but isn't likely to prevail in a general election. In declaring his candidacy last week, Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey spoke grandly of "investing in our nation, spurring its growth and corralling the deficit." Their reach seemed faintly reminiscent of Ronald Reagan's 1980 vow to lower taxes, boost defense and reduce the deficit -- all at the same time...
Detractors of the Soviet President have accused him in the past of wanting to be a dictator. He did have such power, but he was always reluctant -- sometimes too reluctant -- to use it. When the conspirators asked Gorbachev to join the plot, he refused and honored his vow as the first President of the Soviet Union to "defend the constitution." He speaks often now about the importance of zakonnost -- legality -- in the aftermath of the coup. Such admonitions are of crucial importance if a law-governed state is to emerge on the territory of the shattered Union -- and Gorbachev still...
Most obvious of all, he could have denounced the Communist Party for covertly supporting the coup against him and resigned as its leader. After such a betrayal, how could he remain a Communist and vow to "work for the renewal of the party...