Word: revolutionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Actually, the structure has been notably accident-free, apart from about 380 suicides. But there have been fears about the tower from the start. It was designed by Bridge Builder Gustave Eiffel in a competition for the Paris Exposition of 1889, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution...
Despite this high adventure, the movie does not involve us. Sorcerer is supposed to remind us of exciting, old-time adventure movies, but in the old days the hero had a reason for undergoing his labors. In Sorcerer, the truck drivers are serving no revolution, protecting no freedom-loving resistance...
REVOLUTION. We are not returning to social democracy! ... We do not rule put, by any means, the possibility of taking power through revolution, if the dominant classes close democratic channels and the circumstances that make revolution possible were to come about. [But in Spain today] we affirm that it is...
As Diplomatic Protocol shows, Soviet officialdom is showing increasing interest in manners. A recent article in the Moscow Literary Gazette called for wide distribution of books on etiquette. It observed that in the U.S. and other countries, young members of "bourgeois" society "polish their manners carefully in the family and...
Since 1953, the Shah's rule has become increasingly repressive. During the regime's first decade, opposition parties were allowed to exist, although the Shah controlled the country firmly. In 1963, the Shah's so-called "White Revolution"--including a token land reform program that has failed to change the...