Word: legacyism
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Sizing Up Blair's Legacy Michael Elliott's article on Prime Minister Tony Blair provided insights into the man and what he has done for Britain and the world [May 14]. I congratulate TIME for reporting the positive accomplishments of someone who might otherwise be remembered only for his mistake...
Elliott overlooked one crucial point in summing up Blair's legacy: his lack of enthusiasm for a unified Europe. Blair adhered to the conservative ideal of splendid isolation, obstructing constructive ideas for bringing European countries together. His position helped create a Europe in crisis, searching for its identity as the...
India's current food-distribution system is a legacy of the 1940s and '50s, when chronic food shortages led the government to crack down on hoarding of produce by unscrupulous cartels. In 1966 the government introduced a new law that banned farmers from dealing directly with retailers and forced them...
Gabon is at the beginning of the end of its life as an oil producer. Without new finds, output is expected - optimistically - to halve in the next 20 years and stop in 30. And oil's legacy? A country that ranks 124th on the human-development index, but where Hummer...
In "Jerry's Kids", Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs dismissed Jerry Falwell's influence and wrote him off as a ranting, Bible-toting demagogue [May 28]. Falwell's rich life was about 5% politics, with the rest spent preaching biblical truth and establishing homes for alcoholics and unwed mothers. But...