Word: legacyism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Forster is fortunate that Hosseinni has provided him with a lovely, appropriately cinematic novel and controlling metaphor, the kite flying that precedes his title's kite running. It seems that in the peaceable Kabul of yore, kids once flew kites competitively, hoping to cut their opponents' strings by deftly maneuvering...
Four decades later Wald’s legacy is very much alive at Harvard—the discovery that earned him a champagne bash would lead to advances in gene therapy and an in-depth understanding of biological messaging systems.
The great irony is that while Bud Selig digs into baseball's past to save a little face for his legacy, the fans have largely moved on. Baseball set yet another attendance record this year, and revenues approached a record $6 billion, putting MLB on financial par with the NFL...
“His students are going to be his legacy,” Crawford said. “All the students that he trained won’t forget him.”
Even before two of its teenage congregants were shot near their car on Sunday, New Life Church in Colorado Springs had been dealing with a legacy of trauma. At the end of 2006, the megachurch had suffered through a sex scandal after its founder Ted Haggard admitted to a relationship...