Word: matter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whole matter is heavy with irony. First Germany brought World War II to Europe. Then its defeat led to 44 years of postwar tension. Now events in that same nation are complicating the effort to end the division of the Continent as a whole. Because of the German question, the world is stuck in the pre- post-postwar era, which is neither a felicitous phrase nor a welcome state of affairs...
...wealth, he could point to his loan from a respected international bank. "Many of your largest corporations, many of your movie stars, do much the same thing here," says the banker. "We wouldn't want to handle criminal money, of course. But if it's just a matter of taxes, that is of no concern...
...implicit acceptance and subsidization of all-male clubs--including the Pi Eta as well as nine final clubs--probably has something to do with it. Harvard currently offers the final clubs access to the steam heat system, centrex phones and alumni records. Such involvement with groups that, as a matter of policy, exclude women, can only be seen as an insult to the principle of total equality of women...
Rembrandt scholars continue a heated debate over the authenticity of thousands of unsigned works, using techniques like X-ray photography and infrared analysis to discover the identity of their creator. The final decision, however, inevitably rests upon subjective judgement--an attribution is ultimately a matter of opinion and not indisputable fact...
...children still believe in Santa Claus, no matter how many street-corner St. Nicks they've seen...