Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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LAST WEEK, the United States and the Soviet Union reached an "agreement in principle" to eliminate a whole class of nuclear weapons and the White House announced that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev would sign a treaty in Washington this fall. Already politicians and even some of the experts who should...
"We have a historic opportunity to provide health insurance for every single citizen [in the state]," said Andrew Dryfus, spokesman for the State Executive Office of Human Services. The governer, who is a candidate for the Democratic party's 1988 presidential nomination, has said that if the plan is successful...
The efforts of the Harvard Square Defense Fund, whose members include many University administrators, show that citizens can stop the likes of Holyoke Center from further encroaching on local historic buildings. Because of this organization's work, a special zoning law now applies some regulations to the size and appearance...
The inquiry promises to be a grand piece of political theater, with enough ( ideological conflicts, impassioned players and historic resonance to make it a worthy sequel to this summer's Iran-contra civics lesson. But the hearings into the nomination of Robert Bork as the nation's 104th Supreme Court...
When foreign dignitaries visit Bonn, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl usually greets them like a jolly innkeeper, slapping backs and exchanging jokes. But last week, as Erich Honecker's 18-car motorcade pulled up outside the Chancellery, Kohl could barely contain his distaste for the historic occasion, the first time...