Word: modernism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this affair, the old adage rings true: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Van Vuuren and his colleagues have fashioned themselves as warriors of gender equality while failing to consider what they’re promoting—essentially, a program that misrepresents the reality of modern sexual violence and reduces women to passive victims...
...system and jump-start the economy. If he succeeds, he probably will be re-elected. But Barack Obama's place in history will be determined by the long-term structural changes he initiates, and his most important legacy battle is just beginning as Congress tackles the holy grail of modern liberalism, a universal health-care system...
...effective collapse of a ceasefire in 2006. The primary source of news about the war within Sri Lanka comes from a handful of reporters and photographers who are embedded with the military, filing stories mainly for government-run television networks. The conflict in Sri Lanka may be unique among modern wars in that it is likely to end without any iconic images. With rare exceptions, there are only two types of pictures to emerge over the last two years, during which the Army has wrested away nearly 16,000 sq km of territory: Sri Lankan Army soldiers posing on duty...
...with those parties barred from running in the last election, this is the first time in modern history that there are no pro-ETA groups in parliament. That fact, coupled with the knowledge that ETA is at what is widely considered to be its weakest point in history, may enable López to capitalize on new talk of a negotiated peace. "Sooner or later, we're going to achieve what all of us - nationalist or non-nationalist - want, which is that things calm down in the Basque Country," says Landaburu, himself a victim of ETA's terrorism. "Maybe this...
...that was closed to the public, President Felipe Calderon was quick to draw the comparison between the war against Napoleon III and the new battle against H1N1 influenza. "The first line of defense against this new evil has been the Mexican hospitals, doctors and nurses," Calderon said, flanked by modern tanks and cadets. "Mexico has been at the front of the battle, defending humanity against the propagation of this virus." (See a brief pictorial history of Cinco de Mayo...