Word: countryful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Vlad Georgescu, a Romanian historian, had more opportunities than most of his countrymen. As a professor in Romania, he was able to travel to the West and meet regularly with intellectuals and scholars at American universities such as Columbia and Berkeley. This contact with Western thinkers gave him unique support...
THIS MONDAY, the Supreme Court proved that the country needs the Equal Rights Amendment. In a seven-to-two decision, it let stand three federal court rulings, which allow the government to continue funding school districts that discriminate on the basis of sex in employment. The Court's refusal to...
Veterans Day. What does this phrase mean to you? What gut-level response does it arouse? In the past I would have had to answer "not much" to these questions. I know Veterans Day commemorates the men who fought in wars for the U.S. It recalls those people who gave...
Sure, we're proud of the Minutemen in the Revolution; we're relieved that the Civil War was able to heal the awful internal strife that had divided our country; we note that the Spanish-American War marked the emergence of American power and leadership in the world (despite our...
Vietnam should not (and ultimately cannot) destroy the American spirit. It imposed an enormous strain on our way of life and at times, came close to toppling the whole system. But one of America's greatest virutes, inherent in her people and strengthened by her institutions, is adaptability, the ability...