Word: historicization
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It would have been unsatisfactory to the England of 1910 if the new King had made any rash attempt to champion the peers and the prospective tax payers. This fact His Majesty definitely ascertained by forcing Mr. Asquith to go to the polls for a general election. When the Prime...
As things turned out the National Government were obliged to take Sterling off gold (TIME, Sept. 28, 1931). Their next bold policy, after winning a general election in which they asked for a "free hand," was to scrap historic Free Trade and clap on protective tariffs which have given all...
Is the strutting sage grouse, iconic bird of the Western steppe, an endangered species? No doubt about it, say environmentalists, who petitioned for federal protection for the "cock of the prairie," as Lewis and Clark fondly dubbed it. Millions once darkened the skies across 16 states, but development has decimated...
Of course, that's not saying much. Ideas for reforming the Security Council have been debated, and mostly rejected, since the day the organization was founded in 1945. Although membership was expanded in 1965 from 11 to 15, the Council still reflects the balance of power that prevailed after World...
Chair of the Department of Astronomy Lars E. Hernquist says that “Harvard’s historic reputation is to not be friendly toward women.”