Word: reigns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...after her graduation from Radcliffe, while her late husband spent a term at Harvard as a visiting professor. What struck her most about the students she spoke with was their complete lack of historical knowledge. She recounts her unsuccessful attempts to solicit the approximate dates of Louis XIV's reign from a large group of students, having a music major place Beethoven somewhere in the 16th century, and to her greatest chagrin, an almost universal ignorance of the major issues of the Spanish Civil War, an event of great importance to intellectuals of her generation. "Of course, now they...
...half of the Post and the section will probably expand even more. And the sports coverage is high quality, too, which helps keep hold on the Times readers who now buy the Post in the afternoon just for the sports. With stories like that of George Steinbrenner's tumultous reign over the New York Yankees--controversial, complicated and capable of generating more news and rumor than television could possibly cover--the Post carved a very comfortable niche for itself. The Murdoch formula quickly boosted circulation from 100,000 to 675,000 by 1977, and now--thanks largely to a cash...
Viola's brief reign was a general disaster. Though Argentina was already in serious economic trouble when he took office last March, Viola led his resource-rich country into the worst economic crisis in its 165-year history. Successive government currency devaluations have plunged the Argentine peso from 2,000 to the dollar to 10,000 to the dollar. Inflation is raging at 120%. As much as half of the country's industry has come to a standstill, and some 13% of the work force is unemployed. An estimated 2.2 million skilled and professional Argentines...
...reunion earlier that night had been a rousing success, and in three days a contract was to be signed for the final phase of his proudest achievement: a fiveyear, $194 million renewal of Lynn's downtown. Vast, empty Victorian brick factories, relics of the Lynn's long reign as "Shoe Capital" of the nation, were being recycled to serve a reawakening city as offices, stores, apartments and classrooms. But as he drove along Boston Street, Magrane was seized with panic. "I saw flames and said, 'Oh, my God, what's that...
...feels the release of this group will open a new chapter on the political stage." Those released were allowed to resume political activities, and some opposition leaders noted with surprise that they were being granted time on television to discuss their views. That rarely happened during Sadat's reign...