Word: markedness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Many white businessmen hope there will not be all that much to pay; they expect the projected lifting of the economic boycott against Rhodesia to help everyone. Indeed, stocks on the Salisbury exchange have begun edging upward. Houses that had been up for sale in affluent white areas are being...
The birth of the U.S. marked the first step in the decolonization of this continent, as well as the formation of a new society. The Declaration of Independence proclaimed in 1776 was a harvesting of the most important fruits of the Enlightenment, a synthesis of centuries of Old World experience...
Though the California boom is exceptional, signs of revival in the recession-battered housing industry are cropping up elsewhere round the country. In August, housing starts were running at an annual rate of 1.5 million, up 11% from July. That is a marked improvement over a low of 880,000...
The new contract settlement, while not exactly what the workers had originally demanded, nonetheless represents a marked improvement over the previous pact, and a victory for workers who last year took the University to task for such abuses as failing to list available kitchen jobs and discrimination against minority workers...
In a meeting marked by accusation and firebrand rhetoric, the Cambridge City Council last night heard testimony from three sides about the controversies surrounding the six-month long strike at Cambion Thermionic Corporation in North Cambridge.