Word: restorationism
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In the pale dawn on Quemoy Island one day last week, the Red artillery barrage from the mainland just five miles away abruptly ended. On deserted Restoration Road in Quemoy City, the uneasy silence was pierced only by the cough of a diesel engine in the offices of the Cheng...
But most headlines focused on Chiang's no-force declaration in the joint communique issued at the end of Dulles' visit: "The Government of the Republic of China considers that the restoration of freedom to its people on the mainland is its sacred mission [and that] the principal...
The plan calls for restoration to the idled airline of the net extra passenger and freight revenues diverted to the other airlines during a labor shutdown.
The asking price ($500,000 before repairs) was too steep even for a Texas millionaire who made inquiries. Even less appealing was the condition of the 40-room, 16th century Chateau de Vauvenargues in sunny Provence. Fortnight ago, the pleased master of Vauvenargues showed up for a housewarming. At first...
Sheridan's School for Scandal got the season off to a running start. A study of hypocrites and slanderers and their various entanglements, it is the classic English comedy of manners, reviving all the wit but not the obscenity of its Restoration predecessors. Even so, for years it could be...