Word: historicized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In every car and tractor, in every tank and plane?oil. Behind almost every lighted glass tower, giant industrial plant or little workshop, computer and moon rocket and television signal?oil. Behind fertilizers, drugs, chemicals, synthetic textiles and thousands of other products?the same substance that until recently was taken...
Nixon gambled desperately on releasing his transcripts; it was not much of a gamble though, with the Supreme Court, 8 to 0, forcing the issue. The tapes, even in edited form, revealed an atmosphere of startling moral squalor in the White House, a spirit of callousness and contempt for law...
In the meantime, local parishes are beginning to be caught up in the civil war. One historic congregation, 90-year-old Trinity Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has actually split this month over the biblical debate. Its liberal-leaning pastor, who quit under pressure from his deacons for his...
THE JERUSALEM BIBLE (1966). A majestic much-praised Catholic version, which is indebted to an earlier French translation but puts off some readers by rather self-consciously calling God "Yahweh." Historic because it broke with Jerome's ancient Latin text, and -in the preferable editions-offers modern critical notes...
When Soyuz 16 landed safely on the snow-covered steppes of Kazakhstan last week after six days in orbit, Soviet space officials were exultant. The successful flight, they said, showed that their cosmonauts and spacecraft were capable of carrying out their assigned role in next July's historic orbital...