Word: fashionedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THE VICTORY OF SOCIALISM IS INEVITABLE! proclaims the arch that leads to Revolution Square in the capital, Addis Ababa. That slogan expresses the aspirations of those who lead one of the poorest nations on earth. Torn by famine and civil war, Ethiopia (pop. 40 million) has been stumbling from crisis...
When Fanning went to Boston in 1983 to become editor of the Christian Science Monitor, Weaver succeeded her at the News and began looking for people, as one deputy put it, "who write stories that are a bit of a surprise." He also stressed old-fashioned digging. Last year, after...
He was nabbed by a combination of space-age sleuthing and old-fashioned legwork. Executives at HBO, the Time Inc.-owned cable service, say that within 24 hours after the incident they were confident there was enough information to eventually locate the culprit. But it was up to the FCC...
Heartburn is now a movie, one sure to stoke controversy because of a comic tone that swerves deftly from affection to irony to flippancy to icy revenge. In its portrayal of Rachel, who needs so much love, and Mark, who wants too much sex, the film may seem to suggest...
The Burmese monks are supposed to lead a very ascetic life, one meal a day and only six belongings and lots of chanting and of course celibacy, but they didn't act much like it. At any one time, three or four of the monks would seat themselves in a...