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In addressing the anthem's "true spirit," she identifies the very part of the song that points beyond itself -- and even her own much-anticipated performance -- to something bigger.

Lorenzo Candelaria: The Sacred Nature Of Music Lorenzo Candelaria 2011

In addressing the anthem's "true spirit," she identifies the very part of the song that points beyond itself -- and even her own much-anticipated performance -- to something bigger.

Lorenzo Candelaria: The Sacred Nature Of Music Lorenzo Candelaria 2011

In addressing the anthem's "true spirit," she identifies the very part of the song that points beyond itself -- and even her own much-anticipated performance -- to something bigger.

Lorenzo Candelaria: The Sacred Nature Of Music Lorenzo Candelaria 2011

In addressing the anthem's "true spirit," she identifies the very part of the song that points beyond itself -- and even her own much-anticipated performance -- to something bigger.

Lorenzo Candelaria: The Sacred Nature Of Music Lorenzo Candelaria 2011

Martin Luther King, Jr., in a discouraging moment in his great work, said that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it curves toward justice", and the civil rights movement anthem's chorus sang out "We Shall Overcome".

Mike Lux: Progressive Hope 2009

Having won the battle for hearts and minds in New Brunswick, Susan Boyd, who fought for the anthem's reinstatement, isn't finished yet: she wants mandatory anthem-singing throughout Canada, and she invokes an age-old canard to make her point.

catching up, part 1: you will sing the anthem and you will like it 2009

This Canadian Press wire service story says:The anthem's elimination was one of several changes, he said, that made for a more productive start to the school day.

catching up, part 1: you will sing the anthem and you will like it 2009

The legislators haven't decided exactly how to update the communist anthem's lyrics.

Sing Along With Stalin 2008

As has become the custom at such events, the audience responded with loud cheers, beginning about four bars before the anthem's end.

Oh, Say, Can You Sing? 2008

But the President was off-base in suggesting that singing the national anthem in Spanish diminishes its value, or undermines the anthem's celebration of American identity and unity.

Balkinization 2006