Word: historicization
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During times of repression, icons such as Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of Burmese independence hero Aung San, can be powerful symbols of hope, and reminders of a country's golden years. But once countries become democracies, parties controlled by dynasties often abandon ideology, because they become entrenched around families...
The Cambridge Historical Commission decided last night to study whether a 92-year-old plot of green space at the center of a tense battle between residents and developers should be designated a historic landmark.
On government-controlled TV and radio, that message has been hammered home in recent weeks, as Tunisians mark a historic date: the 20th anniversary of the coup that brought President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali to power on Nov. 7, 1987. Educated in France and the U.S., Ben Ali was...
But for now, Murphy, Hewlitt, and the rest of the Harvard football team look onward–not to setting additional historic landmarks or adding to already impressive stats, but instead towards resting up for next Saturday.
Fernandez de Kirchner's triumph is certainly historic. She has become the first woman elected President of Argentina, though not its first woman President. Vice-President Isabel Peron assumed the office in 1974 following the death of her husband Juan Peron. (She is currently in Spain fighting extradition to Argentina...