Word: 20th
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unlike the suburbs, many of which consist solely of 20th century buildings, the ruburbs harbor run-down Victorian-and Federal-era homes that natives often refer to by the name of the families who built them a century ago. They are advertised as "handyman's specials," and newcomers are dazzled by their charm and possibilities. Young homeowners cannot afford to have tradesmen restore them, so they hammer and paint in their own spare time. Conversation at backyard barbecues focuses not on which country club is the "right" one but on discoveries like Rube Goldberg plumbing in the bathroom...
...soporific in English. He chooses instead a blank verse Umber enough to accommodate both dignity and verve. Through this medium, Aeneas can be seen again as he must have first appeared to contemporaries, who now just happen to speak English and live in the latter part of the 20th century...
...changed my life-/ No, no! They can't take that away from me!" Wrote Broadway Songwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green of lyrics like these: "It's very clear they're here to stay-as long as anyone remembers anything about the 20th century...
Barring any tragic incidents, Reagan's muscular foreign policy is likely to remain both flexed and relatively flexible. If Reagan has not quite donned the complete uniform of the world's policeman (the costume Presidents have worn for most of the 20th century) he has been swinging the nightstick as though he means it. -By Kurt Andersen. Reported by Laurence I. Barrett and Gregory H. Wierzynski/ Washington
...only called back on Election Day to help turn out the vote in black neighborhoods. W. Wilson Goode has made it clear that he wants Jackson nowhere near his race for mayor of Philadelphia. And organizers of the mammoth demonstration planned for later this month to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the March on Washington are petrified that Jackson will attempt to dominate the event and make it a launching pad for his candidacy. "They're trying to hem me in by keeping all the speeches to five minutes," Jackson complains. "That's the same thing they tried...