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Word: horatius (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...filed charges against three other young men for dishonoring a flag. When 150 San Diego State College students tried to half-staff a campus flag after Kent State, Bill Pierson, a 6-ft. 5-in., 250-lb. football center, held them off singlehanded for three hours and became a Horatius figure in conservative San Diego...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who Owns the Stars and Stripes? | 7/6/1970 | See Source »

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