Word: creationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...does not convey the agreeably worn mixture of the grand and the scruffy that often defines their charm. The show embraces conventions of glamour (mainly about Georgian England) that few social historians would accept today. It rehearses the conventional picture of enlightened Augustan Whigs, adored by the whole inferior creation from their wives to their dogs and filling their rotundas with the works of Claude and Praxiteles. Surely by now an American museum can admit that a few of these paragons were educated brutes with Titians, like a few of their modern counterparts? Or that their ideology of cultural property...
...chat: "I'm sitting here with my very good friend." For Italians worried about the potential threat to Italo- American relations, it was a signal that Craxi had been given a tacit endorsement by the White House. Said one political observer: "The new Craxi government is a Reagan creation." Spadolini suddenly found himself isolated. The Defense Minister negotiated his price for remaining in the government: a foreign policy more closely aligned with NATO, a stronger antiterrorist stance and better coordination among the coalition partners...
...lifelong native of North Cambridge, Danehy says he discovered that the Arthur D. Little research firm was testing nerve gas agents in his neighborhood; he wants to reform rent control laws to permit owners to occupy their units; and will encourage economic development through, the creation of more blue collar jobs...
Surprisingly, this movie has a thick plot for films of its caliber. On one level, the movie depicts the creation of Remo Williams, defender of the American way. On another, Remo wins his first battle with...
...Pont marketing manager with a Ph.D. in chemistry, and his wife Linda, a high school biology teacher. Noting the popularity of Trivial Pursuit, the black couple decided to devise a more educational game. Said Merton: "We wanted to invent something that would build black self-esteem." Their creation has 780 cards containing three questions each. Sample query: Name the most populous African country. Answer: Nigeria. The title Rise 'n fly comes from a type of winning hand...