Dad, five score today, one score away.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
As Lincoln had begun "Four score and seven years ago," Dr. King began, "Five score years ago," adding links to the chain of meanings wrought from national suffering and trial.
"Greatest Hits" (MCA Nashville) by the country star Gary Allan, above, moved 70,000 copies in its first week, reaching No. 5; "Five Score and Seven Years Ago" (Gotee/Capitol) by the Christian rock band Relient K bowed at No. 6, with 64,000; and Korn's "MTV Unplugged" (Virgin) reached No. 9 with 51,000 sales.
Five score less thirteen?" In fact, Lincoln must have gone through that thought process in coming to that sonorous, rhythmic count -- one, two, one-two-three, withethe words Four score and seven -- more memorable than his earlier, offhand "Eighty-odd".
A century later, Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and began his "I have a dream" speech with the words: "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
