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Word: revolutionism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nowadays it is the other way round. The richer and more upper-class the undergraduates, the more prone they are to get themselves up on proletarian fancy dress-which, incidentally, can often be quite costly-and to cultivate a nondescript accent which might belong to anyone anywhere. This is part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Eclipse of the Gentleman | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

She termed the revolution the "greatest stroke on behalf of blacks" since the Emancipation Proclamation."

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Area Iran Supporters Announce Rally | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

While speaking at Northeastern University's African Center yesterday morning, Queen Mother Moore an 81-years old black leader from New York City, released copies of a letter she had written to the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. In the letter she pledged the support of many black Americans who she said...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Area Iran Supporters Announce Rally | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

Last year the Chinese government instituted nationwide standardized tests for all prospective college students for the first time since the Cultural Revolution in 1966. On July 20 nearly six million students took the test to compete for only 300,000 places in Chinese colleges and universities. The test covered eight...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Peking's Biggest Test | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

The idea to get hold of the tests and analyze them was born in the brain of Dr. Robert Barendsen, a Far Eastern specialist in the USOE's Division of International Education. "In 1978 lots of Chinese students began appearing on our shores and we had to integrate them into...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Peking's Biggest Test | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

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