Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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In a sitting room at Loeb House, decorated with oil paintings and oriental vases, Harvard's treasurer painted a picture of the University's finances last week that reflected the same wealth and stability as the historic setting.
Professors and students in the crowd said they felt part of a historic moment.
Use of a federal grand jury to compile evidence for possible impeachment proceedings in Congress raises numerous troubling questions regarding the credibility of that evidence. Indeed, given the limited role of a grand jury in our system and the total absence of procedural protections in the process, the Independent Counsel...
So forget the speeches last Tuesday, the confetti and that awful, foot-high award that baseball made up just so Bud Selig could have a reason to be onstage. (The Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award? Did someone come up with that during the game?) Forget that apple-pie groundskeeper kid...
Learning that Mandela's trip to the United States would be his last as president, the University decided to reextend its long-standing invitation--and hold today's historic ceremony.