Word: restorationism
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Gorbachev's other major domestic problem will be coping with the cost of the earthquake, likely to rise to the tens of billions of rubles. The long restoration of the quake-stricken region will drain money from an economy already reeling from a series of setbacks. The cleanup costs for...
The spasm was yet another manifestation of ethnic tensions that confront General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev with a formidable challenge. The Nagorno- Karabakh dispute has revived the historic hostility between Armenians, who are largely Christians, and Azerbaijanis, who are mainly Muslims. Armenia's call for restoration of the enclave and its...
But the general's army is still alive and well. Its looming presence compelled Bhutto to moderate her father's nationalist-socialist program. She declared her devotion to free speech and free markets, and repeatedly assured the military they had nothing to fear from a P.P.P. regime. Praising the army...
"Things here got pretty bad," he said, "which shows how much we've go to do." He proposed "a ground-up restoration of political discourse, starting with the small local papers."
The damaged books are being treated in a "cool, dry place," and it is unlikely that any future damage will occur, Warrington said. Some "original bindings from the 16th and 17th centuries" still need to be treated by "conservation bookbinders," who specialize in restoration of old books, he said.