Word: relics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...children, Tom and Laura, with the artifice of a rebel Donatello creating paens to an obsolete god of refinement and good living. Deserted by her husband, "a telephone man who fell in love with long distance," she is a "Christian martyr," a saintly hen, a charming and troublesome relic...
...sharply. Uncertainty over just what the greenback will be worth in months ahead would slow much trade that is negotiated in dollars. Beyond that, economists disagree about whether gold itself poses any threat. Many believe, as Economist John Maynard Keynes said, that gold is just a "barbarous relic," a commodity like pork bellies that should have no more monetary impact than wampum beads. Yet in this real world, the bullion boom could ultimately prove highly inflationary...
...legal "basis" for the government's censorship is the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, a Cold War relic that prohibits the release of "all data" concerning nuclear technology. A vague and probably unconstitutional act, it has lent itself to selective and capricious government enforcement, and should be revised or repealed...
Since Elvis Presley's death two years ago, fans have flocked to Memphis to pay their respects and take home souvenir T shirts, records, statuettes and posters. Now Memphis Dry Cleaner William Carwile is trying to clean up on a new relic: chips off the old burial block...
...fashioned newspaper promotion battle broke out over Skylab in San Francisco. The Examiner got the jump on its rival by offering $10,000 for any Skylab relic, and even before the reentry, readers were bringing in hunks of metal scrap. The Chronicle responded with a black-bordered frontpage notice that any of its subscribers could collect up to $200,000 for personal and property damage from the space station. Chicago Insurance Expert Robert Schultz belittled such offers by advising that anyone who holds a standard homeowner's policy is already covered against Skylab...