Word: relics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Call him a relic, say he's over the hill/ But he's still better than that imbecile Bill/ No sex and violence at his movie show/ Vote for that old guy Robert Dole...
...Florida. But no matter how bad Castro's record on human rights and democracy may be, there is momentum in that direction. Clinton has quietly relaxed some travel restrictions. The embargo is cruel, say those who oppose it, and with the end of the cold war, it is a relic. Trade with Cuba, they argue, would open the country up to democratic influences...
...world stage Castro is himself something of a relic of the cold war. At lunch in the Time & Life Building, he spoke with animation of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, sounding a bit like an aging star reliving his most memorable role. He told TIME's editors two little-known facts about the crisis, one never previously recorded. He said a lone Russian commander in Cuba--not Nikita Khrushchev or anyone in Moscow--held the authority to launch tactical nuclear weapons in case of a U.S. invasion. Castro also claimed that Khrushchev inadvertently read him a letter sent by John...
This has been a hard year for Florida's panhandle. Two months ago, Hurricane Erin followed nearly the same path. In Fort Walton Beach, which caught both hurricanes, a defiant banner still flies above a popular restaurant called the Sound. It's a relic of the last storm that reads WE'RE OPEN ANYWAY, ERIN. But now the Sound is full of broken glass and water, not to mention two large stranded motor yachts. The restaurant--like much of the Emerald Coast--appears to be closed for the season...
Many school administrators are completely rethinking the weight they have been giving to traditional lessons and standardized tests. Peter Relic, president of the National Association of Independent Schools, would like to junk the SAT completely. "Yes, it may cost a heck of a lot more money to assess someone's EQ rather than using a machine-scored test to measure IQ," he says. "But if we don't, then we're saying that a test score is more important to us than who a child is as a human being. That means an immense loss in terms of human potential...