Word: historicization
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But it is a facade, literally all that is left of the 153 year old Francis. Allyn House, and it is now the center of a controversy involving the City Council, the Historical Commission, a real estate developer and local residents. The June demolition of the 1564 Massachusetts Ave. structure...
Those with the most at stake, however, may be the seven members of the Historical Commission, whose ability to achieve its foremost task--the preservation of land-marks--has been called into question. After placing a two-year moratorium on construction at the historic site, in keeping with the provisions...
Prosecutors in the U.S. and Italy acknowledge the Mafia's continuing influence but are convinced they can reduce it. Italian authorities insist that last week's roundup, which was organized secretly and carried out with military precision, will be followed by more arrests as they question those in...
"My home town is so dull," goes the old gag, "that for excitement everybody goes down to McDonald's to watch the numbers on the sign change." McDonald's in recent years has been selling hamburgers so fast (140 per sec.) that many golden-arched signs state simply...
The team's historic misfortunes have been reversed by an unromantic Philadelphia tough-6 ft. 5 in. tall-named Dallas Green, who managed the Phillies to a world championship in 1980 and became general manager of the Cubs the next year. Only three incumbent players have survived his first...