Word: historicization
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Less than half a mile across the water is Ellis Island, a darker, more 20th century place. The same pot of cash is subsidizing the renovation of the historic island and the transformation of its main building into a multimedia immigration museum. "Some people say we should concentrate on Miss...
Justices Brennan and Marshall are determined not to give Reagan that opportunity. "They will have to be carried out," says a former Brennan clerk, who adds that both of the old liberals are in reasonably good health. Powell, 78, and Blackmun, 77, are said to be a bit weary, yet...
In Alabama, Democratic Congressman Richard Shelby, a conservative, won the Senate nomination resoundingly, and is expected to run a tight race against first-term Republican Jeremiah Denton. Alabama was also the stage for another historic primary, this one for the office occupied for 16 years by Governor George Wallace, who...
In contrast, the Sun has flourished by establishing a reputation for the sort of reporting on national politics and foreign affairs that is usually matched only by much larger papers. During the Mexican War, the Sun used a string of riders to bring the latest dispatches to Baltimore on horseback...
For the French, this "liberty" represents a historic change of direction. Chirac means to free the economy from government-imposed restrictions under which it has labored for no less than three centuries. Known as dirigisme, France's system of economic controls originated in the 17th century with Jean Baptiste Colbert...