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...etymology of the word relates to the origins of the medium. When humorous cartoon strips first appeared in magazines and newspapers in the late 1800s they were referred to, quite naturally and accurately, as "comics." The Oxford English Dictionary gives the first use in this context in 1889. In the 1910s some of the these strips' runs were collected together and printed as periodicals in their own right. The word naturally carried over to describe these literal comic books...
...exhibit that opened March 15 at Paris' Centre Pompidou. For if it can often be difficult to seize the meaning behind a given piece of Pop (short for popular) Art, this show's great strength is to put 500 works of art, architecture, fashion, design and film into the context of an era, turning a simple museum visit into a voyage of cultural discovery...
...contacted Horowitz and offered to consider an opinion piece on the subject, an offer he refused. The Crimson's news department also included the full text of the ad as an illustration to its March 7 story, judging that readers would not be able to understand the issue in context without having access to Horowitz's statements. No uproar followed, proving that Harvard's student body is able to listen to contrary viewpoints--even controversial ones--and to recognize the value of the open exchange of opinion...
...promoted more from within, the yields would be much better," says one dean. "The context is changing for juniors. We're promoting more and the environment is better. Recruiting internal and external candidates is very different. [Internal ones] are already settled...
Some speakers, meanwhile, focused on the larger context of Fong's article...