Word: historicization
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When the Democrats lost 12 seats in 1980 many saw historic significance in the election returns. Prominent Democratic liberals fell before conservative Republican challengers, contributing to speculation about right turns and electoral realignments. The 1986 Republican loss of eight seats undoubtedly will fuel counter-speculation about aborted realignments and receding...
These problems are not new nor confined to Cambridge. Rapid gentrification threatens affordable housing and Cambridge's historic diverse population. As the economy changes, displaced workers cannot easily find new jobs in the high tech world. The public schools must lower the drop out rate and prepare a higher percentage...
"David would do anything to get attention," Weymouth says. "He'd do anything on a dare. He'd go to a party wearing a red taffeta dress." Byrne's taste in wardrobe tamed down as his musical inclinations became more focused. Frantz had fantasized about forming a rock band. He...
Nonetheless, much of Western Europe's press and expert opinion appeared to be impressed that the superpower leaders were at last talking seriously about deep slashes in nuclear arms. Even the antinuclear European left generally declined to indulge in Reagan bashing. In the Netherlands, the Inter-Church Peace Council deplored...
One secret of his mountaineering successes is that he travels light, as he might to climb an Alpine peak. The legendary pinnacles are, to him, small ascents stacked one on top of another. He scales the earth's greatest heights by what he calls "fair means," avoiding the rope networks...