Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The world of academia has been astir lately with revelations about historic books and documents. Subscribers receiving their copy of the quarterly Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America found it devoted largely to analyses of paper and ink used in the Gutenberg Bible; the research shed new light on...
These and other new insights into historic works were all gained with the help of an aging machine located in a bunker-like structure on the campus of the University of California at Davis. It is a refurbished cyclotron, an early model particle accelerator that is able to crank a...
The votes came shortly after Reagan said lawmakers faced "a historic decision."
But the press had crucial evidence to the contrary. Reporters heard the historic profanity carried over the microphone, and they videotaped Reagan's lips forming the naughty words--though their sound was cut off by the White House staff.
The implications stretch beyond Wapping. As Murdoch proved by hiring electricians to replace the printers, the historic solidarity of the British union movement is cracking. Following Fleet Street's example, other recalcitrant unions, notably those representing teachers and autoworkers, may be forced to modify their demands. Some government officials even...