Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Astronomers and archaeologists have long speculated that Stonehenge, a ring-like structure of tremendous stones built in southern England more than 4000 years ago, may have been a pre-historic astronomic research tool.
These were all part of the preparations for Pope John Paul's historic, seven-day American tour, which will begin with his arrival in Boston next Monday. He will celebrate Mass at each major stop -Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Des Moines, Chicago and Washington-and visit St. Patrick'...
The ceremony at the White House was meant to be a kind of revival meeting -a rekindling of the spirit of Camp David that led to the Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement one year ago. But even as Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Egyptian Vice President Hoshi Mubarak lavished praise...
"This is a great and historic event, and everyone should have a chance to see it," Sullivan said.
A squadron of South African Impala jets thundered through the skies over the new Independence Stadium in Thohoyandou, as tribal dancers raised clouds of red dust with their rhythmic exhortations to ancestral spirits. At the stroke of midnight, South Africa's top-hatted President Marais Viljoen strode down a...