Word: wing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...addition's completed facade is in a strikingly different style than that of the Fogg museum itself, but according to Peter Nesbitt, curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, the new wing will blend well with the original...
...Indecent Materials, a pair of one-act plays linking homophobia to right-wing criticism of the National Endowment for the Arts, an actor from North Carolina steps out of character to vow that this year his state will unseat the NEA's foremost critic, Senator Jesse Helms. Despite that bravado, many cultural leaders fear that what started out as a skirmish against would- be censors is turning into an unwinnable war. After years of debate about whether public funding for the arts was growing fast enough, cultural institutions now worry whether the NEA will survive at all, at least...
...handling of the showdown with Saddam Hussein, and there have been only a few peeps of criticism from members of Congress. Thus it comes as a surprise that the loudest dissent against the President's policy is being voiced by, of all people, prominent figures on the Republican right wing...
...these right-wing doves, the only justification for risking American lives and treasure is a direct threat to a vital U.S. interest. During the cold war, such challenges were easier to identify. But the collapse of communism has left the right without a sufficiently menacing bogeyman to battle against. "These folks were all for our actions overseas as long as there was a communist target," says Richard Murphy, senior fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations and former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs. "When it's not a communist target, it's not worth...
Some human-rights activists think recent police actions point to a power struggle within the government pitting reformers like De Klerk against right- wing securocrats. The activists do not believe De Klerk is directing police troublemaking, since the violence undercuts his reform efforts. Besides, the security forces are filled with supporters of the right-wing Conservative Party, which is intent on scuttling De Klerk's dealings with the blacks...