Word: preservationist
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...Instead of such insubstantial fixes, renovations should preserve the architectural integrity of a building by not catering to the trends of the time or equalizing Harvard’s various Houses, said Fox, who described himself as “a bit of a preservationist...
...crude assimilationist model of this ideal might have us believe that foreigners arrive in the United States via some sort of cultural liquidation sale, ready to absorb into a gloopy, grey and nondescript soup characterized primarily by football, Big Macs and turkey stuffing. A more preservationist version might resemble throwing a sack of stubborn potatoes into a (very) slowly simmering vegetable stew...
...took a utilitarian stance: Not strictly opposed to development of wild lands rich in natural resources, he wished to preserve them for commercial initiatives as well as public recreational use, making land use decisions through objective scientific analysis. But there was (and is) another side to the debate: The preservationist movement. Led by John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club, the preservationists wished to preserve forests solely for their aesthetic qualities, spiritual value, and their potential for recreation. Muir believed that any development of the then already shrinking American wilderness was an unconscionable injustice to the nation...
...spring of 1903, Roosevelt used a trip out West to dramatize his commitment to preserving wild places. With the nature writer John Burroughs he followed birdsongs in Yellowstone Park, then rode mules into Yosemite with John Muir, the great preservationist and founder of the Sierra Club. Roosevelt and Muir slept under the stars and were covered overnight by a blanket of snow. T.R.'s journey from asthmatic ornithologist to hearty rancher turned President proved that a silver-spoon birth does not have to prevent a man from developing, over time, a broad vision and a rare kind of political gumption...
...Westerner might understand it. The lieutenant general, educated in part in the U.S., is respectful of its national spirit (and industrial might) and believes that a live soldier, capable of carrying on the fight, is infinitely more valuable than a dead one enjoying an honorable afterlife. Thanks to his preservationist tactics, a battle that was supposed to last five days consumed almost 40, though honor demanded his suicide in the end. Saigo, who, as Eastwood says, "wants what most human beings want" (a peaceful life with friends and family), meets an unexpected fate...