Word: banners
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Piracy is supposed to be one of those things that isn’t a problem anymore—much like polio, pantaloons, and the threat of the Visigoths sacking Rome. However, 2008 is shaping up to be a banner year for Somali pirates who operate around the Gulf of Aden. The IMB reports that so far in 2008 there have been 92 pirate attacks on ships compared with 31 last year and 10 in 2006. The problem has grown so serious that insurers last May declared the Gulf of Aden a “war risk” zone...
...weeks ago, the team received its 2008 championship rings and watched its title banner rise to the rafters at Lavietes Pavilion. As the seniors surveyed the banners that commemorate Crimson title squads of old, they couldn’t name the years its predecessors had shared the title. It didn’t matter. For this veteran group, it’s not enough...
...more than two hours after CNN announced the results of the presidential election.” A video on the campus daily’s website depicted the Harvard University Band leading scores of tone-deaf revelers in an exultant rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” preceding a chorus of “U-S-A” which typically one would expect to hear at a Republican Party rally in Flyover Country. With the election of Obama, otherwise only tepidly-patriotic liberals could not contain their affection for America...
...Harvard band leads a rendition of "the Star-Spangled Banner," and students chant "U-S-A" late Tuesday night after Barack Obama's election...
...more than 4 million people had clicked on a Facebook-sponsored banner to indicate that they had voted. About 2 million people had "donated" their online status to broadcast which candidate they supported. Other users posted links to a variety of "get out the vote" themed YouTube videos, including one featuring a group of dancing kids singing a buoyant song called "You Can Vote However You Like...