Word: goldens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Frederic Golden...
...rallying system, says, "Whenever we get in trouble as a nation, we always turn to education, and those of us in education must seize this op- portunity"it won't be here always." California's Honig agrees that educators must make the most of this golden moment. But he notes, "There is no one secret answer to turn our schools around. It takes the commitment of thousands and thousands of people, people who are committed to kids and education and good human values." Those people appear to be rallying. -ByEllieMcGrath...
Alas, the new economic Golden Age that seemed within reach in the Soaring Sixties failed to materialize. More than any other event, the Arab oil embargo and stunning price boosts of late 1973 signaled to the world that the long party was over. Those hammer blows did more than awaken the , West from its unconscious assumption that cheap energy and other natural resources would always be amply available; the price increases acted as a kind of gigantic consumer tax that gave a mighty push to the overlapping forces of inflation and unemployment that have plagued the industrial nations ever since...
...patiently removing and restoring the canopies and accessories surrounding the sarcophagus of the Pharaoh. But the casket itself will probably not be opened this year, nor will two other chambers crammed with rare objects. The chief problem of the investigators is to keep the material reasonably intact. The golden screen is in momentary danger of crumbling to dust...
Inside the theater, a white-robed, rock-age Jesus Christ now strides barefoot. He arrives onstage most phallically, rising like a glittering crocus out of a chalice that somewhat resembles those silver bowls in which hotels serve grapefruit. He departs crucified on a Daliesque golden triangle that is slowly projected toward the audience by a hidden cherrypicker lift. In Jesus' company come a sweetly sensuous, cheek-kissing Mary Magdalene, a quintet of Jewish high priests who call for a "final solution" to their Jesus problem, and King Herod-a queen in full drag. There is also the traitor Judas...