Word: historicizing
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ROME: A former Nazi officer who confessed to killing two people and taking part in the World War II massacre of 335 civilians near Rome was arrested again just hours after being acquitted by an Italian court on Thursday. Erich Priebke, a former SS captain, is now back in jail...
I am disappointed that Jack White's column [DIVIDING LINE, July 22] misrepresented my remarks and position on the Connecticut Supreme Court's decision on school desegregation, wrongly claiming I "moved from the combative to constructive." In fact, my position--constructive--has never changed. I said, and I continue to...
Historic turning points in social policy are not always obvious when they occur. Certainly Franklin D. Roosevelt did not foresee that some provisions of the Social Security Act he signed in 1935 would burgeon over the next 61 years into a mammoth federally financed and regulated welfare program. Last week...
Neighborhood residents--including several members of Harvard's faculty--said the 33 Linnaean St. property holds special value for the community because of its historic garden.
Last week Russia took a historic step away from its totalitarian past. Democracy triumphed--and along with it came the tools of modern campaigns, including the trickery and slickery Americans know so well. If those tools are not always admirable, the result they helped achieve in Russia surely is. But...