Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"Hussein had a historic role to play," says MacLeod, "and he played it with courage and honor." Of necessity, though, he had to grow into the role. The young aristocrat with a love of fast cars and beautiful women became the warrior king who took control of his country's...
Sturdy is no stranger to injury. Last season, in Harvard's regular-season finale at Dartmouth, Sturdy suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in her right knee and was unable to play in Harvard's historic 71-67 upset of No. 1-seed Stanford in the first round of the...
Lee Iacocca, father of the Mustang and the minivan, the impresario who engineered one of the most audacious corporate comebacks in capitalist history, left Detroit with a historic legacy. But no sooner had the Chrysler chairman stepped down in 1992 than the wheels began to fall off. His third marriage...
Repetition came even in the quotes from Bartlett's as prosecutors strained for gravitas. Representative Bill McCollum took us with him on his drive to the office as he contemplated the ice on the trees and the geese on the wing and his awesome task. The House managers call themselves...
Uncovering the discs' multimedia treasures is the most fun. Brief movies on historic sites in Africa tell of the medieval trading city Timbuktu (in what is now Mali) and the underground churches hewn from volcanic rock in Ethiopia's 12th century Christian empire Lalibela. Choice video clips, such as those...