Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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But to expect dramatic discoveries to appear on cue for 1992 is unrealistic. The Holy Grail of Columbus studies would be the long-lost original log of his first voyage to what he called "the Indies," which exists only in a badly garbled abridgment made after his death by the...
Granted, as less vitriolic modern historiography makes clear, Columbus was not the gem of the ocean, the flawless hero of so many earlier hagiographies. But was the historic figure whose name was adopted by a South American republic, the District of Columbia and countless other places and entities, really worse...
The historic Harvard Yard fence is undergoing its first major renovations this year since its completion in 1936.
THE MIDDLE EAST peace conference, if it proceeds, will be a historic achievement. The credit for the achievement will go to those diplomats who put in a remarkable effort to create the basis for a new world order based on collective security and international law. Because of these advances in...
The very public -- and very ugly -- spat left the historic affinity between Jerusalem and Washington more strained than ever. Israel, which has traditionally relied on a sympathetic U.S. Congress to circumvent setbacks with the Oval Office, has brushed up against a stern challenger in Bush. With the cold war ended...