Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From Italy, Clark went to occupied Austria as Allied High Commissioner and learned there that the only argument the Soviets respected was force. He faced even more obdurate Communists in Korea, where he became Far East commander in 1952 and had to negotiate "an armistice without victory." He retired in...
Excerpts from French's correspondence used with permission of Michael Richman, a researcher at the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Challenger's astronauts complete a historic repair mission
But those problems were largely forgotten as Challenger 's five-man crew stepped down the ramp from their cabin into the 42° desert morning. The focus was still on their historic achievements. Shuttle Mission 41-C had written a new and vital chapter in the use of the...
Day 3 was more dramatic. Mission Commander Crippen, 46, a three-flight shuttle veteran, gently juggled Challenger to within 200 ft. of Solar Max. George ("Pinky") Nelson, 33, an astronomer and high school athlete who was once offered a contract by the Minnesota Twins, then donned the $ 10 million manned...