Word: historicization
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This slowdown in judicial confirmations is not due to congressional lethargy. Just the opposite. With Republicans firmly in control of the Senate, many of the party's theorists feel they have the power--and the rightful mandate--to implement the ideals of a conservative revolution that lost its focus in...
Bill Clinton could hardly wait to summon reporters, and who could blame him? Russia's grudging agreement last week to a new European security pact will allow the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to expand eastward, right up to the borders of the old Soviet Union. "An historic step," said the...
There is a truly new etiquette rule on the books, especially for mobile phones, although even it has a historic precedent. In the old postal system, which charged the recipient rather than the sender, the polite letter writer was supposed to be reasonably sure the communication would be welcome and...
I believe that Deep Blue's victory over Kasparov is, and should be considered, an historic event. But why? Some may claim to have known all along that a fast enough computer would be able to defeat any human, even the very best. If a human is stronger, then the...
All historic events of this type are symbolic. Scientists knew long before they put a man on the moon that it would be possible. Why not scrap the project after the blueprints for the spacecraft and the mission plan had been written and all the key calculations had been completed...