Word: historicizing
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New constitutions are nothing more than a long list of promises, and the constitution adopted in Afghanistan this month is no exception. That, however, should not dampen the Afghani people’s excitement or pride. After three weeks of intense debate and the near collapse of the talks on...
“[Eugene] McCarthy had just launched an extraordinary campaign where he challenged his own party,” Jahncke says of the historic contest. “He lost in the New Hampshire primary by a hair to Lyndon Johnson, but that tally unseated LBJ.?...
The cultural and culinary attractions of the capital, Palermo, are well documented, but travelers should also make time for Sicily's second city, Catania, and its baroque buildings, made of volcanic stone from nearby Mount Etna. It is the fresh-produce market on the Piazza Carlo Alberto that is this...
There is only one capital crime in baseball, and the reason for that is historic. In 1919 gamblers rigged the World Series, and the guilty players were tossed out of baseball for life by the first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis. That middle name tells you all there is to know...
Visitors to Italy who limit themselves to Florentine museums, Venetian canals and Roman ruins often miss out on the color and vibrancy of small-town Italian life. The cultural and culinary attractions of the capital, Palermo, are well documented, but travelers should also make time for Sicily's second city...