Word: vastness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...errors we are making now." But more important, the restoration marked the beginning of the Italian art establishment's love affair with technology. Nowadays, computers linked up to gamma-ray detectors, infrared cameras and thermographic sensors are turning up in art-restoration projects all across Italy, from the vast ruins of Pompeii to the crowded workshops of Venice. In tasks ranging from simple cataloging to advanced image processing, the new technology not only is making restoration more manageable but also is helping solve some of the oldest mysteries of art history...
...conservatives win, the decade will go down as a triumph for the American way (translation: capitalism). Referring to the vast changes in Eastern Europe, conservatives will say that the wildly expensive military buildup at the beginning of the century paid...
George Bush journeyed to San Salvador as Vice President in 1983 to tell its leaders that the U.S. was prepared to drop aid to the country if they did not act against the death squads. He could make the same speech today. The country's center, enfeebled by vast poverty and the effects of a decade of war, is crumbling under the prodding of the offensive. The future for El Salvador looks to be a free-for-all between a buoyant and rearmed F.M.L.N. and generals willing to make the country a boneyard...
FREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH, National Gallery of Art, Washington. The aptly named Church (1826-1900) created vast landscapes expressing the spiritual awe Americans once felt before their new continent as nature's cathedral, a vision of earthly paradise. Through...
...raiders have often been victims of their success. Fancying themselves managers as well as marauders, they built huge but shaky empires that rested on debt. Result: their vast borrowings at sky-high interest rates left companies ranging from TWA to Allied department stores awash in red ink. "Many of the raiders' problems are self-inflicted," says Stuart Bruchey, a professor of economic history at the Columbia University Business School. "They jump into businesses that they don't understand, and expect to jump out with a quick profit. But they end up getting badly bogged down...