Word: landmarked
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...everyone was feeling sorry for his position, Truman's resurgent spirit was preparing for a revolution. Utilizing his wit and his statesmanship, he contrived to make the bellicose Congress pass several major bills. As a matter of fact, Truman embarked on an impressive agenda during this period, producing such landmark policy achievements as the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan...
...divorce, indirectly the impact of federal programs is enormous. Current welfare policy, for example, pays AFDC benefits only when there is no man in the house, thus fueling divorce and abandonment. And in a broader sense says University of California, Berkeley, sociology professor Arlie Hochschild, author of the landmark study about two-career marriages, The Second Shift, "we do not have a family-friendly society.'' Better day care, plentiful jobs at decent wages, flex- time and job sharing would all help to reduce the stresses on American households, which are overtaxed, overburdened and overwhelmed. And while entering into marriage with...
...government has opened its first tourist office in the U.S., providing information on booking airline flights, train trips and cruises. The Russian National Tourist Office, located in midtown Manhattan, can also advise on visa preparation and health precautions. BALTIMORE. The Babe Ruth Birthplace and Baseball Center, a National Historic Landmark, is acting as host of a special exhibit to celebrate the centenary of the legendary slugger's birth. ``Babe Ruth--An Artistic Perspective,'' on view until Sept. 5, portrays America's Sultan of Swat in more than 40 paintings, sculptures and photographs by artists including Miguel Covarrubias, Robert Reger...
...Croce "under the aegis of the Great Newt, [where] a traditionalist may safely rage against the rise of minorities." Conservative art critic Hilton Kramer saw things differently, calling the piece "the most definitive essay on the arts in the 1990s that any American critic has yet written ... a landmark in the cultural history...
Almost 12 years after the landmark federal study ``A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform'' warned darkly of the ``rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future,'' we remain a nation at risk. We are a nation, that is, whose 13-year-olds have average math skills that rank below those in 14 other developed countries, according to one 1991 study. We are a nation whose college professors complain that before they can teach the classics, they must teach the basics. And while nearly all American adults can read and write at a basic level, according...