Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The commission, which was established in 1910 to safeguard the capital against invasions of bad taste and urban barbarism, wanted something more appealing. It asked for another try from the Park Service, which is in charge of the White House grounds. The Park Service, in turn, commissioned architects Wiley & Wilson...
Reporting a shooting war, no matter how historic or dramatic the conflict, involves less glory than sheer danger. Last week, on the first day of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, TIME Photographer Barry Iverson was heading south on the coast road between Damur and Sidon when he was caught in...
As the world's attention shifted to an even bloodier conflict in the Middle East, the Falklands war naturally receded in the priorities of U.S. policymakers. But in his historic address to Britain's Houses of Parliament last week, President Reagan won warm applause for his declaration that...
U.S. concerns were amply shared by other NATO allies. "Ridiculous overreactions, and typical of a woman," said a senior West German official about Thatcher's determination to pursue the military offensive in the South Atlantic. At last week's NATO summit in Bonn, the alliance's newest...
The enthusiasm of the planners has not allayed widespread fears. The project's opponents say it would wipe out great expanses of forest lands and close off such historic ports as Arkhangelsk. In addition, the diversions would flood northern agricultural lands, temporarily halt river traffic and, by denying salmon...