Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example, one of the Handlins' principle points is the way necessity and space shaped Americans' modification of European traditions of power and liberty. The massive amount of land available to the colonists had a "corrosive effect" that "redefined the social order...
...charge of the transfer of the collection of German art now housed in the Busch-Reisinger Museum to the Fogg Art Museum might bear in mind the credo of some of the artists themselves. The decision to turn the Busch into a new building for the Center for European Studies has potential benefits for the Harvard community. But relocating the collection also has its pitfalls...
Alfa Romeo is in bad shape, having lost an estimated $170 million last year. Even so, Ford had wanted to use Alfa's products to compete in the European and U.S. markets for luxury sports cars now dominated by such rivals as Mercedes- Benz and Jaguar. But Fiat was eager to protect its No. 1 position in Italy by keeping Alfa out of Ford's hands...
America's European allies, the recipients of much of that nagging, were outraged. Moreover, the U.S. was likely to forfeit the trust of moderate Arab nations that live in terror of Iranian-fomented Islamic fundamentalist revolutions and fear anything that might build up Tehran's military machine. Finally, the Administration seemed to have lost at least temporarily any chance of gaining the release of the missing six U.S. hostages in Lebanon, or of cultivating the Iranian politicians who might sooner or later take over from Khomeini. The 86-year-old Ayatullah is reported to be bedridden following a recent heart...
...first claim is typical of Zionism's apologists. After all, to "understand" Israel, one must first realize "the importance of the Holocaust." How true, both in understanding Israel and in calculating the attitudes of the European nations toward Israel. The Holocaust plays a part in Israeli siege mentality, an attitude without which the disparate Jewish state could not exist. Similar "learning" from the Holocaust becomes evident when one examines Israel's murderous tactics in Lebanon and the occupied territories. What the Arabs lack in regard to the Holocaust is not understanding, but rather guilt. The Arabs are not Germany, which...