Word: landmarking
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...remembered as the first woman vice-presidential candidate, not as the only one. And the next presidential bid by a woman will not just be remembered for having ended in tears, as Schroeder's did in 1987. Harvard psychologist Carol Gilligan, author of In A Different Voice, a landmark study of gender differences, argues that women have greater moral strength, a stronger ethic of care and overriding concern for making and maintaining relationships -- all qualities of a good politician. She has even said that feelings -- and, yes, tears if it should come to that -- have their place...
...tired, poor, huddled masses seeking to get into the U.S. will now have a better chance if they also possess sought-after job skills. In a landmark revision of the nation's immigration laws, the second in five years, congressional conferees decided to raise the number of foreigners admitted annually to 700,000 starting in 1992, and to 675,000 after 1995 -- a significant increase over the current 490,000. The quota for newcomers with needed professional skills, such as scientists and engineers, would rise sharply, from...
...building is the only North American creation of the famed French architect, Le Corbusier, and is widely considered to be a landmark of modern design...
...Francisco's landmark Ferry Building last week, steeplejack Jody Mancuso eased herself carefully to the tip of a new white flagpole and crowned it with the same gold-painted sphere that was knocked wildly askew on Oct. 17, 1989, by the strongest earthquake to strike the city since 1906. This week the American flag will be hoisted there once again, to mark the anniversary of last year's temblor, which registered 7.1 on the Richter scale, killed 63 people, injured 3,757 others and caused at least $6 billion in damage...
...Pacific Avenue was reduced to rubble. A year later, 50-year-old masonry storefronts are still propped up with braces, but there are no stores behind them. At the Pacific Garden Mall, where three people died, only a handful of stores have reopened in temporary tentlike structures. The landmark St. George Hotel appears to be damaged beyond repair. "The impact here has been terrible," says Santa Cruz Mayor Mardi Wormhoudt, who estimates damage in the city at $155 million...