Word: europeanize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Specifically, Barzun said he seeks to implement"more broad survey courses--of the humanities,political philosophy, European history and thesciences...
...sampled Panini's goods unwittingly. But Panini is no industrial, impersonal manufacturing hub. The bakery, on the corner of Kirkland and Beacon Streets, has been serving the Somerville/Cambridge community for over four years now. Open from seven in the morning until eight at night, this cozy, unpretentious establishment sells European style breads made the "old-fashioned way," as Michael Staub, business manager and part-owner, puts it. "We cut a wide swath through the cross-cultural currents of the area," Staub adds. Principal owner and head baker Debbie Merriam opened Panini in early 1991 and has been selling bread...
...significant issue of congressional authority over American foreign policy. By a vote of 241-181, the House passed a measure that would restrict the president''s authority to place U.S. troops under foreign command, would cut United Nations funding and would speed expansion of NATO membership to include Eastern European countries. Clinton is expected to veto that measure. He has maintained that it would erode the president''s authority as commander in chief. TIME White House correspondent James Carney says some Republicans may cross the aisle again to fight GOP-backed spending increases they see as excessive, while they will...
...become fixed in the firmament. Paloma Herrera is well on her way. Born in Buenos Aires to a well-off family, when she came to the U.S. only four years ago to study at the School of American Ballet, she was distressed. Her training had been in the older, European style that called for careful poses. Says a teacher: "She was 15, dancing 35." Herrera changed her technique but not her dream of dancing just about everything-not only Mr. B. but the classics, Antony Tudor, Twyla Tharp as well. So she joined A.B.T. instead of City Ballet. Onstage...
VIJAY SINGH, 31, is a self-taught golfer who learned his lessons well. Of Indian ancestry, he grew up in Fiji and is a rising star on the U.S. and European professional circuits. Last week the lanky man with the homegrown swing won Arizona's Phoenix Open--and $234,000--on the first hole of a two-man playoff. Said Singh afterward: ``You can be a little more aggressive when you know you can't finish worse than second...