Word: historicization
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It had been conceived as a joyous occasion, a chance to let U.S. pride soar. The six surviving original Mercury astronauts would be reunited at a gala Los Angeles dinner, and workers at the Kennedy Space Center would gather for a ceremony. At both events, speakers would celebrate the 25th...
Whether by choice or from economic necessity, the Baby Boomers produced in the late 1970s a baby bust. In 1976, when the first Baby Boomers hit 30, the total fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to a historic low of 1.7 children per married woman, less than half that posted...
Flattery, however, does not ease the responsibility of keeping the peace in a town that glorifies its lawless past. Tombstone's bloody history is about the only thing it has in the way of a drawing card, and since tourism is about the only thing it has in the way...
The Chernobyl disaster is likely to have political and diplomatic repercussions that reach far beyond that small Ukrainian town. When the Soviet Union was faced with a major crisis last week, its leaders reacted in a historic defensive style. Rather than opening up to explain how the Chernobyl accident happened...
The embrace was the climax of an 80-minute ceremony last week during a historic pre-Passover call by John Paul at the synagogue; it was the first time that a Pope is known to have visited a Jewish house of worship. Initiated by a personal request from the Pontiff...