Word: historicization
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It is not often that a general shows such passion about cutting the forces under his command. That is but one indication of the historic opportunity facing America's political leadership. For once they should feel inspired to look ahead, not back at the last war.
And on at least one occasion, How Harvard Rules plays a little fast and loose with the truth. A piece on Harvard's relationship with the city makes a glancing reference to the destruction last December of the Georgian-style Gulf station which used to grace a Mass Ave. lot...
A year later, with South Africa reeling from two years of unrest that left 5,000 people dead, the government acceded to Mandela's request for top-level political talks, initially focusing on the release of political prisoners. But a historic 45-minute tea with Botha last July, the first...
But policy is not always as clear as principle. The Bush Administration does not want to see Mikhail Gorbachev unseated by conservatives who charge he has "lost" Lithuania. Neither, however, can Washington retreat from its historic position. The Administration has therefore said as little as possible, while hoping a compromise...
But the war between Azerbaijanis and Armenians threatens to tie down the Soviet army as well as Gorbachev. -- Historic hatreds increasingly haunt Eastern Europe. -- The strange case of "Top Hat."