Word: historyes
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In the history of modern dynasties, the House of Nehru rates one of the heftier chapters. Since India gained independence in 1947, its political destiny has been inextricably linked with this powerful family, whose scions have ruled the country with only two brief interruptions. There was Jawaharlal Nehru, India's...
Suddenly that dynasty is in disrepute. In parliamentary elections late last month, the Congress (I) Party, as it is now called, was routed from power for only the second time in independent India's history. Several corruption scandals, as well as Gandhi's accelerating isolation from his people, helped squander...
With an estimated 60% of India's 498 million voters taking part, the balloting was the biggest democratic exercise in world history -- and the bloodiest and most contemptible ever held in India. At least 134 people died in election-related violence. Because of widespread rigging, new voting was ordered in...
The raiders have often been victims of their success. Fancying themselves managers as well as marauders, they built huge but shaky empires that rested on debt. Result: their vast borrowings at sky-high interest rates left companies ranging from TWA to Allied department stores awash in red ink. "Many of...
Much of the attention to what critics call the "vernacular architecture" of the postwar era comes from baby boomers nostalgically intent on preserving the roadside attractions of their youth. Groups in six states are seriously studying some of the teepee-shape motels and iceberg-shape gas stations that still dot...