Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Monday and Tuesday, Reagan took his human-rights campaign public. At the ancient Danilov Monastery, recently given back to the Russian Orthodox Church, he preached religious freedom: "We pray that the return of this monastery signals a willingness to return to believers the thousands of other houses of worship which are now closed, boarded up or used for secular purposes." At ; Spaso House, the American Ambassador's residence, the President was host to a meeting with 96 dissidents and refuseniks, including the Ziemans; some of them attended despite harassment and left fearing punishment. Said Reagan: "I wanted to convey . . . support...
...getting shorter. Driven by fears about adverse side effects, many women scrapped first the Pill, then the intrauterine device. Large numbers found themselves forced back to a centuries-old method, the diaphragm. Last week the Food and Drug Administration added a new option by approving the marketing of another ancient birth-control device, the cervical...
After a decade- long feminist- led campaign, the Government finally approves an ancient birth- control device: the cervical...
Electronic fishing tackle takes much of the guesswork out of an ancient pastime. -- A new boost for liquid- hydrogen jet fuel...
From work, Helms drives a 1984 Oldsmobile -- he favors used cars -- to his modest home in Arlington, Va., which is furnished in what he calls "ancient fill-in." He slips on his gray Nike running shoes and what Dorothy calls "some old disreputable-looking pants and shirt" and watches the evening news. Often he tunes in Dan Rather, though he urged conservatives a couple of years ago to buy up CBS, which he sees as a citadel of liberalism. His favorite program is Highway to Heaven, about an angel come to earth. "Very inspirational," says Helms...