Word: markedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The easygoing mood that marked the first days of the Communist occupation of Saigon is quickly vanishing, according to Western observers who have recently left South Viet Nam's capital. "The smiles of those days have faded," says Dieter Ludwig, a West German photographer who was expelled from Saigon...
Series of Gestures. The reopening of the canal, after 13 months of debris-clearing and demolition by an international salvage team, was a significant event for the merchant fleets of the world as well as for Egypt, which hopes to reap about $450 million a year in canal tolls. More...
In European capitals, where the British results were received on the 31st anniversary of Dday, there was relief over the mercifully decisive end to a debate that had kept the EEC in a state of suspended animation for the past 15 months. As Roy Jenkins observed, D-day marked "Britain...
The news was equally glum on business and consumer spending. The Conference Board, a research group, reported that big manufacturers in the first quarter reduced appropriations for capital spending 9.4% below the fourth quarter of 1974, which was down 26% from the previous three months. That marked the steepest six...
The land, which is 58-per-cent Harvard owned, had been marked as a possible site for construction of new dorms for married or graduate students.