Word: fatherland
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Polish people behind him, and to them he conveyed a compelling message of hope. The Poles will not forget?they never have. During Poland's 16-month awakening, the priests and parishioners of a church in central Warsaw used to sing together joyfully: "O Lord, please bless our free fatherland." On the first Sunday after martial law was declared, the words of that hymn were changed back to those traditionally sung when the country was under foreign domination. "O Lord," the congregation sang, "please return us our free fatherland." ?By Thomas A. Sancton. Reported by Richard Hornik and Gregory...
...marked the beginning of an ominous power vacuum after 13 years of relative stability under Torrijos, who ruled the country as head of the powerful National Guard. Said Panama's Archbishop Marcos McGrath: "It puts us at a suspenseful point in the social and political history of our fatherland, and in some degree for Central America and the Third World...
Under the slogan Todo por la Patria (All for the Fatherland), the Guardia Civil established its fearsome reputation mainly through its willingness to follow orders. Troopers are never based in their home provinces, in order to prevent the kind of personal involvement that might make them reluctant to use force. The 58,000-man Guardia Civil is part of the army and is under the command of an army general, but its basic function is police work...
...election two years ago was denied his wish to send an uncensored Christmas message to his home archdiocese-was accorded twelve minutes on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to address his countrymen in a taped television spot. Said the Pontiff: "I pray with you for our common fatherland. I recommend to Christ and to his Mother all that has happened in Poland in the past months and, above all, this unity of peace and mutual respect and understanding...
...cynical. While I have faith that the nicks on the face of America are not scars but scratches--and that scabs heal unless irritated--I wonder at the wisdom that will make many 19- and 20-year-olds "aliens" in their own country. President Carter's appeal to the Fatherland for his legitimacy evokes historic appeals to the Motherland. It's too bad you have to fight irony with irony. --L.S.G...