Word: restorationism
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In an attempt to discern just such unexpected reversals, some prophets have searched the past for clues to the future. There are, after all, lessons in history, aren't there? Not always. Looking back to the English Civil War of the 17th century and the Restoration of Charles II...
The First Churchills, a lusty historical chronicle of Restoration England, is the BBC's successor to The Forsyte Saga. Donald Wilson is again the writer-producer and Susan Hampshire the star. She plays Sarah Churchill, who, she concluded after researching through some 25 books, was "the most important woman...
To aid his church's restoration fund, the Rev. David Hill of Luton offered to deliver parishioners' letters for 30? each. Scotland's electricity board got employees' wives to distribute bills by hand. For 72? a letter, one outfit collected mail from London firms and delivered...
Too Much, Too Long. In its fight against price rises, the Nixon Administration seems to have been too successful in dousing the nation's inflationary mood. Today, as the President aims for economic expansion, the job of reviving business exuberance is proving difficult indeed. "What is needed," says Walter...
Complicated Chess. Poland is almost completely calm now. Perhaps the chief reason for the quick restoration of quiet is the prudent and impressive manner in which Gomulka's successor, Edward Gierek, 58, has taken control. Gierek's first move was to grant a number of immediate concessions to...