Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...text. In that year, Roman hero Scipio Africanus celebrated his victory over arch-rival Hannibal with a clean shave and from there on, progress has been steady in helping man's continuing battle against the beard: in the mid-1100s Arab engineers introduced the steel razor, the 17th-century European Reformation brought "a clean-shaven look" along with a new approach to eternal salvation, and in 1903 the first Gillette safety razor was introduced...
Kearney stressed that the organization does not endorse any political ideologies. "We're not proor anti-Soviet or Communist. We see the Russian and Eastern European communities as consisting of different cultures rather than as a monolithic communist bloc" he said...
...this last sentiment which really epitomizes ISD. It was made in response to the Kohl objection, consigned by several other European conservative party leaders, to IPPNW's selection for the Prize. These politicians objected because Dr. Chazov signed a statement in the '70s denouncing Andrei Sakharov for "anti-Soviet" activities. Dr. Lown has steadfastly refused to answer questions directly about his counterpart's role in this matter and other political activities; instead he has given several variations on the theme of "that's beside the point...
...Nelli-Feroci said that the failure to include European nations at the summit hampered its usefulness. "If there was someone absent in Geneva is was definitely Europe," he said...
Pipes served in the Reagan Administration on the National Security Council as Director of East European and Soviet Affairs in 1981-1982, and has frequently briefed the President in the past, he said yesterday. Although he left the administration in December 1982, Pipes said that he has returned to Washington many times, serving in an advisory capacity...