Word: legacyism
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Making Sense of the Sixties has its own generational identity: it is the latest in a growing library of historical documentaries, mostly on PBS, that have mined the film, video and photographic archives to chronicle the American experience. The masterpiece was last fall's The Civil War. But other programs...
For patients, the lack of answers and of resources to find them amounts to an all too literal deadlock. "I am scheduled to die because I have metastatic breast cancer," says Elenore Pred, founder of the Breast Cancer Action group in San Francisco. "I'm part of the 44,000...
So last summer, at 47, Maria decided to have both breasts removed. Her own graceful curves were replaced with silicone implants that harbored no trace of her family's lethal legacy. A short time later, Maria received a report that vindicated her decision. A postoperative examination of her breast tissue...
The aversion to feminism stems from Hungary's macho culture and from the communist legacy. When the Soviet Union occupied Hungary in 1945, the communists tried to break traditional gender roles, declaring all women "emancipated" and sending them to work. Wages were lowered so that no family could survive on...
Although Dole will not participate in the confirmation hearings, he will probably raise the legacy preferences issue when Alexander meets with him before the hearings, Shea said.