Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Just before leaving Moscow last week, President Reagan asked Mikhail Gorbachev on behalf of an aide for a souvenir of the historic meeting: his autograph. Reagan then produced the Jan. 4, 1988, issue of TIME that named Gorbachev Man of the Year and had him sign the cover. We were...
In an historic move this fall, Higginson Professor of History Emeritus John K. Fairbank gave up his Widener study when he retired. Never before has a professor relinquished a coveted library office for reasons other than death or resignation from the faculty.
Wolfe explained this to his editors at Esquire, and they asked him to type up his notes so that they could assign the piece to another writer. As he retells it, he began this historic task at 8 p.m.--writing a stream of consciousness, as he rethought and reexperienced his...
Another team of developers, Shirley and Alan Kahana, is renovating El Pasaje, a historic building once known as the best bordello in the Southeast. It was also home to the Cherokee Club, a famous hangout for cigar magnates and their friends, which over the years played host to such renowned...
Such bouts of good feeling have been seen before -- and dashed before. Alone, they have little more significance than smiles at a summit, and they can be just as deceptive and dangerous. But to the extent that the new attitudes reflect real reforms in Soviet society that shrink the basic...