Word: historicized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some of Carter's attempts to humanize the presidency are either merely symbolic or trivial, but the attitude is nonetheless refreshing. In one respect, at least, it will help to establish a presidential precedent. Carter intends to go on calling himself Jimmy, not James Earl Jr. It was Jimmy...
BRITAIN, with its faltering production, oppressive rate of inflation, high unemployment (5.5%) and staggering debt, remains one of Western Europe's sickest economies. The value of the pound has plummeted to historic lows, going from $2.03 in January to $1.68 last week, despite the ruling Labor Party's...
At issue is the decision of Party Secretary Enrico Berlinguer to assure survival of Premier Giulio Andreotti's minority Christian Democratic government by a sophisticated tactic of "non-opposition" in the Chamber of Deputies. Berlinguer has had the P.C.I. Deputies (227 of 630) and Senators (116 of 315) abstain...
Died. Clarence D. Chamberlin, 83, the first pilot to fly with a passenger on a nonstop transatlantic flight, just two weeks after Charles Lindbergh's historic solo trip in 1927; in Shelton, Conn. Chamberlin was prepared to make the first nonstop trip to Europe weeks before Lindbergh was ready...
Calling the Pentagon a "rat-hole in Virginia," the ex-Marine added, "America needs to reject its historic role as police officer of the world, gun-runner of the world, counter-insurgency expert of the world."