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...London is one of the top destinations for traveling Americans, and the quaint ceremonies that surround royal life are a major part of its appeal. Then there is the less easily measured factor of the tradition and continuity that the crown represents, something to be proud of in the post-World War II decades when Britain has had to settle for considerably less wealth and power. Finally, many Britons regard a threat to the monarchy as an abrogation of their constitution, the spine of their country. It is not just a matter of conservatism or liberalism. Says Peter Hennessy, professor...
...recent product of empire -- Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman or Russian. They have had tragic histories of lost freedom, submerged identities and shifting boundaries. Add to this the legacy of communism, which in the former Soviet bloc acted as a refrigerator, freezing all political, social and cultural evolutions, leaving pre- and post-World War II problems unresolved, accumulating economic and spiritual frustrations. The worst example of this tragic history is, of course, the former Yugoslavia, with its explosion of violence, where even the cold war freezer had not stopped the putrefaction that comes with ethnic hatreds. Contributing to the acceleration...
...National Service Trust Fund, ratified Tuesday night as part of the party platform, has been dubbed the "domestic G.I. Bill," named after the post-World War II program instituted by Franklin D. Roosevelt...
...duds you know are better than the duds you don't. The biggest surprise on the fall schedules is the number of shows that weren't canceled. Steven Bochco's drama Civil Wars, ABC's post-World War II soap opera Homefront, CBS's nostalgic sitcom Brooklyn Bridge, and NBC's family drama I'll Fly Away were all marginal performers in the ratings. But all will be back in the fall. They are upscale, critic-friendly shows that, the networks hope, could catch on with a little patience...
...shift of power to the suburbs began slowly and was propelled by government policies. The first burst of suburbanization in the post-World War II era was made possible by guaranteed home loans for veterans and government subsidies for highway construction. The final and shattering blow came during the 1980s, when developers flush with government - guaranteed loans from savings and loan associations helped erect clusters of industrial parks and research-and-develop ment centers along the beltways that ring many central cities...