Word: warred
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Africa is a continent crucified by famine and war, pestilence and poverty. For Christianity, however, it is a continent of resurrection. Even as older churches in Europe and the U.S. are emptying, faith is thriving in the sprawling lands south of the Sahara. As is so often the case, spiritual strength is inspiring -- and being inspired by -- an outpouring of artistic creation. "We are on the verge of a golden age in African Christian art," proclaims Jesuit Father Engelbert Mveng of Cameroon. "The movement cannot be stopped, and it is bursting out in flower all over Africa...
...black nation was Ethiopia, whose austere art style remained largely unchanged since the Middle Ages. When the first missionaries arrived in other parts of Africa in the 15th century, they sought to stamp out tribal religions and with them idols, ceremonial masks and ancestral images. The artistic tug-of-war intensified during the 19th century as the number of Christian missions mushroomed...
...believe that restraint of one's appetites, daily workouts and a lot of oat bran can delay aging indefinitely. To health-and-fitness puritans, sagging flesh and excess weight represent an inexcusable lack of vigilance. Accustomed to success in translating their private anxieties into public activity -- protesting a war, toppling a President, taking over universities -- they turned to perfecting their immediate environment in the 1970s, pressing the Government for help and suing anyone who did not share their finicky obsessions. Safety regulations multiplied, tort law boomed, liability-insurance rates soared...
Until now, the West has been remarkably shy about taking a hand in the process of change. Entranced by Gorbachev and anxious to believe the cold war is nearly over, the West has been reluctant to tamper in his sphere of influence. Preoccupied with other regions, Washington in particular has not paid more than occasional attention to Eastern Europe. Wariness is wise, but the current indecision has been paralytic...
...Europeans fear the rate of change in the East may outpace their ability to construct coherent policies in response. Says a senior adviser to French President Francois Mitterrand: "Eastern Europe could become a region of instability and risk." But others scent something better: the possible end to the cold war, on which virtually all East-West security planning is based. "This is the greatest opportunity the West has had to influence this region since the division of Europe after World War II," said Mark Palmer, the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and a leading advocate of Western activism. "We simply must...