Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The U.S. economy has been rolling along for nearly five years now, encountering few obstacles along the way. Unemployment has dramatically declined to a seven-year low, and a record number of Americans are working. Corporate profits are rising, stocks have been on a historic climb, and most economists are...
The church, part of the original Boston College campus in the city's South End, has a Baroque-inspired interior described as a "historic rarity" by John Coolidge '35, professor emeritus of fine arts at Harvard Univerity and a leader of the preservation drive.
The elegantly dressed tailors on London's Savile Row, who cater to customers willing to spend $1,250 for a custom-made suit, at times decide to "take it in a little." But now some fear that their own historic district may soon be subject to alterations that could send...
But even if the hearings produce few explosions or smoking guns that can topple high officials, they could have a powerful historic impact. With the emotional force that often emerges from the accumulation of dry details, the nation will be shown how some in the Administration used a shady network...
"The impression was of an absence of solidarity between social groups here in Gdansk, even at home, in the same building and stairway, an overwhelming solitude, fear and uncertainty. And despite everything, the feeling revolt was necessary." Thus Lech Walesa, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leader of the now banned...