Word: historicization
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John Paul II had the courage to revisit the painful past, if not the willingness to let his church stand totally naked before it. Toward the end of the 20th century, reflecting on the Catholic Church's two millenniums, John Paul issued extraordinary apologies for the Inquisition and the Crusades...
As the seal population has climbed back up to historic heights, so too has the demand for pelts in a few countries. Most of the hunt is conducted in economically depressed Newfoundland by some 4,000 off-season fishermen. "This is an important part of their income," says Geoff Regan...
A dominant Minnesota team waits in the finals on Sunday at 4 p.m., but for now the Crimson will choose to savor this historic moment.
The Harvard women’s hockey team really learned the importance of that maturation that season as they overcame historic losses and a four-game losing streak to become the best team in the East by the season’s end.
“[There’s] a historic skepticism and a genuine kind of anticipation,” he says. “I think it holds new promise.”