Word: stillness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Much of the attention to what critics call the "vernacular architecture" of the postwar era comes from baby boomers nostalgically intent on preserving the roadside attractions of their youth. Groups in six states are seriously studying some of the teepee-shape motels and iceberg-shape gas stations that still dot U.S. Route 66, once the main route from Chicago to Los Angeles. "These places are a part of our history," says Richard Gutman, author of American Diner. "They are being swept away at a pace that is astonishing...
...Still, a hulking hot-dog stand is often a lesser evil than what some developers want to put in its place. When a new mini-mall threatened to replace the Minuteman Carwash in Los Angeles, a 1960 building sporting a boomerang-shape decoration on its roof, neighborhood residents petitioned the Cultural Heritage Commission of Los Angeles to declare it a landmark. The ploy failed, but the case attracted the attention of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the largest preservation organization in the U.S. Says trust spokeswoman Courtney Damkroger: "If something like this gas station is designated a landmark locally...
Most puzzling to the police was why now, with most of its hard-core members dead or serving long prison terms and its extreme left-wing ideology on the wane, the group had chosen to strike. There is still a commando group of about 15 members at large in West Germany. Some security experts doubt that the Herrhausen murder signals a new wave of R.A.F. terror. But, declared Heinrich Boge, head of the Bundeskriminalamt, which coordinates federal criminal investigations, "there was never any indication that they were giving...
...While only about 2,000 rebel troops were involved in the rebellion, several other units declared themselves neutral in the conflict out of respect for Honasan's cause. Even if Gringo's latest attempt to seize power is thwarted, says Karnow, "the symptoms of malaise within the military will still be there...
...Philippines is still dependent on the United States," says Karnow. "What's called a 'neocolonial relationship' or 'a special relationship' is still there." The rebels have seized on the issue and are holding Ambassador Platt "personally responsible" for their defeat and calling the U.S. move "an act of aggression against the sovereign Filipino people...