Word: historicization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week, in two hospitals separated by almost 8,000 miles of Atlantic Ocean, the historic juxtaposition happened and the heart transplants were performed. The physicians who performed them thus reached the surgical equivalent of Mount Everest, followed automatically by the medical equivalent of the problem of how to get...
On balance, nonetheless, McNamara's accomplishments must rank as historic, while his mistakes seem ephemeral by comparison. The generals themselves recognize that nothing like McNamara has ever happened to the Pentagon, or is likely to again very soon. "He is the only one," says Army Chief of Staff Harold...
The problem of the U.S. dollar, indeed, would not exist today if it were not for the problem of gold, and the problem of gold can be controlled by the United States Government. The belief of country folk and Frenchmen in gold is not likely to change overnight, but the...
When Claude Monet painted The Terrace at Ste. Adresse in 1866, he was a young unknown of 25, visiting at the family villa outside Le Havre. There he painted his father sunning on a poppy-laden terrace with pennants flapping overhead and the bustling harbor beyond. To critics today, the...
The I.M.F., which must approve devaluation of any of its members, was notified of the plan on Friday night, and at 8 a.m. Saturday each of its directors received a telephone call summoning him to a meeting that morning in Washington. The directors gave tentative approval to Britain's...