Word: decentering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Historians' comments: "A skilled and decent administrator"; "Lacked the 'vision thing...
...dance-class recital and watching my little girl, a swan in a herd of ducks, interpret the Waltz of the Flowers. My pals will become cranky geezers who can't tolerate loud voices, can't bear to be contradicted and go around snarling about the disappearance of all decent standards and the long grim slide toward Republicanism. But the father of a baby daughter is, ex officio, an optimist...
Historians' comments: "Architect of the winning strategy in the cold war"; "A decent human being with homespun virtues...
Against the worship of abstractions, F.D.R. wanted to find practical ways to help decent men and women struggling day by day to make a happier world for themselves and their children. His technique was, as he said, "bold, persistent experimentation...Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something." Except for the part about admitting failure frankly, that was the practice of his Administration...
...school-age children were orphaned by the war. The school system is crumbling and underfunded, and many of its teachers either perished in the slaughter four years ago or have fled into exile. The society remains haunted by the ghosts of recent history. "For the first time, we have decent leadership," Bizimana says, "although we have to remember the very important impact that the legacy of the previous regime has had on the collective subconscious of the country...