Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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It is 13 feet high and 28 miles long and cuts a historic city into two wounded worlds. More than a barrier made of concrete, it is a powerful symbol of the cold war tensions that continue to divide East and West. It is the Berlin Wall, the place where...
The Eastern side is now undergoing a much needed face-lifting. The city fathers have renovated some of the oldest and finest buildings, including the twin-spired St. Nicholas Church in the historic heart of Berlin. They have embarked on an ambitious construction scheme that aims to enliven the city...
The President developed that "creative ambiguity" even further last week in a speech to ardent supporters of Star Wars. "Our SDI program has provided a historic opportunity -- one that enhances the prospects for reducing the number of nuclear weapons," Reagan told the group, stirring prospects of an eventual "grand compromise...
In Britain, a group of marine archaeologists has more to work with. When they located the 16th century warship Mary Rose (which sank in 45 ft. of water off Portsmouth in 1545) and raised it in 1982, half of the hull had been buried under protective silt for centuries. The...
The President argued against what he called the "emotional clamor for punitive sanctions." Such a "historic act of folly," he insisted, would wreck the economies of neighboring African nations, undermine the forces for reform in South Africa and endanger America's strategic interests. "Victims of an economic boycott of South...