Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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For an utterly predictable election, it managed to generate surprising suspense and even a bit of tension at the very end. Not about who would win, of course, or even whether it might be close; the public opinion polls had pretty well answered that. Rather, the question was whether Ronald...
In an ironic way, Ferraro, who became a historic symbol of how high a woman can aspire in politics, may be limited by the legal problems of her husband. These problems might never have arisen if the spotlight attracted by her candidacy had not also come glaring down on his...
Geraldine Ferraro ably met the public challenge posed by her historic selection. She has almost certainly altered forever the role women will play in the U.S. political system. But the personal travail caused by her choice may not be over. ?By William R. Doemer. Reported by David Beckwith with...
The election concerned the Senate only nominally. Both sides cast the race as a stark moral referendum. Helms called his right-wing philosophy "the cause of a Christian nation." Hunt described the race as "a historic chance to say what kind of people we are" and spoke darkly of the...
Henry Kaufman's grim predictions have made the Salomon Brothers chief economist Wall Street's leading doomsayer. But his assessment of the economic problems that President Reagan must tackle in his second term is widely shared by economists and business leaders. After a first term in which he...