Word: preservationism
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"The purpose of the designation, countrary to popular belief, is NOT censorship but preservation," according to an ancient document in the library's file on the "ubiquitous X" collection. Legend has it that the collection was started in the 1950s after a sociology professor found that the books on eroticism...
He was wrong. In all Communist societies, the principal purpose of the party -- and the only thing it does well -- has always been the preservation and enforcement of its own power. But that naked truth has traditionally been disguised with Marxist economics and ideology. To the extent that he de...
Few doubt the archaeological value of either the Rose or the Roman baths. But the stumbling block in preservation efforts is money. In granting a temporary reprieve to the Rose, the government had to pledge as much as $1.65 million to the building's developers to cover the costs of...
"There's a very strong feeling that the preservation of public space--and I emphasize the word 'public'--is important," said Pitkin.
Such efforts will not keep pace with the inexorable deterioration of the monuments unless the Egyptians can speed up their preservation drive. That is why Mubarak's visit to Luxor, the first since he took office in 1981, was so significant. He not only called for a restoration of the...