Word: proclaimed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...created and the meaning they had for the time period. To call most of these prints "superb works of art" would be the same as placing the Marlboro Man ads in the upper regions of artistic greatness. The two, after all, were displayed in similar places. We do not proclaim a political cartoon a masterpiece; rather, it is clever, as are the majority of these prints...
What if she's in Eliot and you're in Cabot, you say? Let me assure you: Cabot or Currier, as the T-shirts proclaim, is not really closer to Canada. As a Pfoho resident, I would like to allay your fears. I have about five or six close friends in Mather and I see them all the time--two to three times a week minimum. Of course we make the effort to see each other and that...
Everyone has seen the gargantuan billboards; not noticing them is impossible. "The Big Dig--Worth Its Wait," they proclaim to the Boston community, trying to comfort the drivers stuck in never-ending traffic, wondering which new road they'll have to take this time. But the construction that has already been going on for years still has a ways to go, and the garish billboards may not placate the angry driver who can't help but wonder: "What the hell is this `Big Dig' anyway...
...later. Sadly, there are many stories just like Juan's; but very few of these tragedies are told as loudly or purposefully as Matthew Shepard's was. National and local media have not amplified Shepard's death because it was exceptionally grisly, but because it offered the opportunity to proclaim him a casualty of America's moral backwardness and intolerance...
...brutal assault came at a time when the U.S. is buzzing with a dissonant debate over sexual orientation. It is a controversy fueled by reports of increased violence against homosexuals and a new campaign by religious conservatives touting the power of faith to overcome what they proclaim to be a sinful sensuality. The Wyoming attack occurred days shy of National Coming Out Day, which was heralded not only by gay organizations but also by the Center for Reclaiming America as it launched a new series of TV ads avowing that conversion to Christianity can reverse even the most sordid...