Word: historicized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Benn swapped places with Energy Minister Eric Varley, a stolid Wilson loyalist who had also campaigned against the EEC but less noisily than Benn. Education Minister Reginald Prentice, a leading pro-Marketeer, was switched to the Ministry of Overseas Development as a gesture of evenhandedness. Although the Overseas Ministry is...
Almost immediately, it became clear that never did so few have so little to say to so many. The historic first transmission was a 100-min. broadcast beginning with "Question Time," the daily parrying ritual in which M.P.s ask Cabinet ministers about matters of policy. Those who tuned in hoping...
Died. James Laver, 76, British sartorial scholar whose encyclopedic knowledge of historic costume and contemporary fashion earned his books and articles a wide following; in a fire in his London apartment. Laver's witty analyses of the relationship of style to social trends sometimes led to some imaginative conclusions...
Inflation also continued to moderate, a development that could prompt more consumer spending. Wholesale prices in May rose .4%-high by historic standards but modest compared with the 1.5% increase in April and a far cry from the rates of last year. In the past three months, wholesale prices have...
Bare Glimmer. But the long-term outlook is far from bright. Bond interest rates are still high by any historic standards, and utilities will be saddled for years with the cost of payments on loans secured at 1974's lofty rates. Profits have improved partly because utilities have cut...