Word: historicization
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Sometimes, Harvard varsity sports just seem like one big contradiction to me.Harvard boasts the most NCAA Division I teams of any college, and yet, because of Ivy League standards, it offers zero athletic scholarships. It has won a number of NCAA championships—just take a look at the...
This month seems to have been designated as a time for lost histories to re-emerge. First we learned of the Gospel of Judas, which sheds new light on the history of early Christianity, and then the fishapod, a pre-historic creature thought to bridge the evolution from fin to...
Early on the morning of April 18, 1906, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale tore through the California coast. The quake, which had its epicenter near San Francisco, resulted in as many as 2,800 deaths and caused an estimated $400 million in damages when it hit 100...
Winning election as president of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) may have seemed like cause for jubilation. But after landing the job two weeks ago, Ichiro Ozawa, 63, now faces a historic challenge: For the DPJ to become a relevant political force, he must reinvent the party he helped...
1971-72 American athletes head to China as part of a policy of "Ping-pong diplomacy." They pave the way for U.S. President Richard Nixon's historic visit to China. Seven years later, Washington normalizes relations with Beijing, and severs official diplomatic ties with Taiwan