Word: historicization
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George Bush's march across the Continent last week threw into sharp relief two major and intersecting historic trends. His foray into Poland and Hungary highlighted how Eastern Europe, at least in part, is tumbling toward greater independence from its Soviet overlords. His attendance at the Paris summit of industrialized...
Bush's plan to send in Peace Corps volunteers to teach English in Hungary served as a nice counterpoint to the dropping of Russian-language requirements in that nation's schools. But the second language there has traditionally been German. The historic role of Germany, however, is a troublesome obstacle...
He was Uncle George on a historic dash through Eastern Europe, trying to reach out and touch everyone, striving to bring down to personal terms his doctrine of homegrown political and economic freedoms and what they could mean for the burdened people of the Soviet bloc. He was consumed with...
Hours after Israel scuttles its peace initiative, a Palestinian fanatic kills 14 in a bus disaster. -- Mexico's ruling party concedes a historic election.
The conservative New Democracy Party had just entered into a historic coalition with the Communist-led Alliance of the Left and was ready to start work. But when Cabinet members arrived at their offices last week, some found them stripped of files and equipment. Tzannis Tzannetakis, the new Prime Minister...