Word: apartment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Apart from the problematic location, the basilica's distinctly non-African design has raised questions: all the figures depicted in the stained-glass windows are white, except for a lone black pilgrim who bears a remarkable resemblance to Houphouet-Boigny. Especially troublesome is the cost of the construction: the price tag may exceed $200 million...
...what I quickly discovered was that my time at the Summer School was valuable in itself, apart from any escape or credential-building value...
...Soviet Union, the latest outbreak of ethnic unrest in Uzbekistan was a reminder of what may be the operative difference between Deng Xiaoping's realm and Mikhail Gorbachev's: in the Middle Kingdom, things fall apart from the center outward, while in the U.S.S.R. it is the other way around. Both face a common challenge in devising ways to meet the demands of their citizens...
...would oppose the Sandinistas as violently as she does. "I talk to Pedro all the time," she confides, "and I know what he wants me to do." She is devoting her life to living out his, and she has no regrets about the decisions they have made, together or apart...
...turned and sliced you apart...