Word: classicize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...such beleaguered regimes as that of South Viet Nam. "Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the U.S. is, should or could be the global gendarme," he said. "The U.S. has no mandate from on high to police the world and no inclination to do so. There have been classic cases in which our deliberate nonaction was the wisest policy of all. Where our help is not sought, it is seldom prudent to volunteer. Military force can help provide law and order-but only to the degree that a basis for law and order already exists in a developing society...
...PASSIONATE PRODIGALITY, by Guy Chapman. This reissue of an authentic classic of World War I is more than an unforgettable memoir of life and death in the trenches; it stands as an elegy for an entire generation...
...track of the action this Saturday. For once, it isn't due to the networks' penchant for counterprogramming. Both events are being held simultaneously: the heavyweight championship bout, live from London via Early Bird satellite (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.);* the 91st running of the Triple Crown classic, live from Pimlico...
Settled in Washington and married to a fellow art enthusiast, Marjorie Acker, he was soon buying selectively throughout the ages, from an El Greco to a classic Renoir such as Luncheon of the Boating Party, picked up in 1923 for an adventurous $125,000. Bonnard became a special love (he owned 26). As his collection grew (it totaled some 2,000 paintings when he died), the Phillipses in 1930 were crowded out of their home, but they maintained it as a museum with its Oriental rugs, comfortable chairs and ashtrays, and no cordoned-off areas or guards...
...classic image of an English teacher invariably includes his having 'something in the drawer' that he's been reworking for years. 'I know I've got a play in me yet,' the stereotype says, but of course it never comes...