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1978

“The Spirit of Camp David did wonders for the fortunes of Jimmy Carter last week,” gushed Newsweek about the President’s “rising polls and refurbished image” in the wake of the peace accords signed between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. The deal “brought a kind of good cheer that hasn’t been quite so palpable around the White House since Carter’s inaugural-day stroll down Pennsylvania Avenue.” Last December, President Donald Trump helped broker diplomatic relations between Israel and four Arab League countries including the UAE and Bahrain.

1990

“For years families have assumed that a house would be not just a home but a perpetually lucrative—and thoroughly safe—investment,” Newsweek said. “They were wrong.” Thirty years later, during COVID-19, U.S. home-price growth hit a record high this June, up 18.6 percent from the same period last year.

2010

Macho “should be broadened to include both Mr. T and Mr. Mom,” Newsweek argued. It is time “for a reimagining of what men should be expected to do in the two realms, home and work.” The pandemic rolled back some of those gains; in 2020, women with children under 13 spent almost three hours more each day on child care than men.