Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even without other historic performances, the rest of the men's squad had quite a meet. Despite competing without many distance runners, the thinclads took first place in every event but the weight throw, shot put, 800, and the relays.
It was something of a historic moment last week when the red, white and black flag of Iraq was raised on P Street in Washington. An Iraqi-owned building, used for unofficial diplomatic and commercial tasks, was converted into a full-fledged embassy as the U.S. resumed formal relations with...
You are correct in describing President Reagan's new federal anticrime laws as historic and far reaching [LAW, Oct. 29]. But the criminal-law experts you cite, who express doubt about the act's effect on the crime rate, fail to recognize the practical significance of these reforms...
Some political observers professed to see little or no mandate for Reagan, despite the historic proportions of his victory. In 1980, they point out, Reagan ran on a specific ideological platform that included tax cuts and defense buildups, and in victory he could credibly claim that the electorate wanted both...
It has only been for the past four decades that women were permitted to sing in parish choirs. So when the General Synod of the Church of England convened a historic session last week in Church House at Westminster Abbey, supporters of a motion to allow women priests had reason...