History, Used and Abused

A quiz for history buffs.

But it also cuts people off from the past and a sense of history.

If history is any indication, we will be waiting for a long time.

Nature writing Nature writing is the genre with the longest history in environmental communication.

For reasons of history, morality, and security, Africa should be regarded as a particular European responsibility.

If history is any indication, that number will only grow.

This is important not just as a matter of history and accountability much is being left up to regulators.

If recent history is any guide, salvation could still be three crises away.

Mutual accusations reached a level unworthy of the common history and the close personal, cultural and economic ties between both countries.

Finally, for reasons of history, geography, and culture, Iran s role in Afghanistan cannot and should not be ignored.

And now that you ve acknowledged history, stop holding on to it as if electricity were running through it, as if your hand can t let go.

The original date of the establishment of the short lived National Army is celebrated as Army Day (26 June) in today's Azerbaijan.

It's about a little boy whose father was a history buff and who used to take him by the hand to visit the ruins of an ancient metropolis on the outskirts of their camp.

Policymakers (whose knowledge of economic history is generally limited) are therefore at risk of being drowned in contradictory historical references.

Though the history of the trilateral dialogue between China, Japan, and South Korea is short, it marks a new and constructive effort toward regional cooperation.

The first academic post related to local history was at Reading University which appointed a research fellow in local history in 1908.

By much the same token, Europe s governments should be making a determined new effort to strengthen Europeans sense of a shared history and common values.

But let s back up historically, to the founding of what we might call modern conservatism in early nineteenth century Britain and France.

But, going back to the Russian, British, and Ottoman Empires that once battled here, they have been continually exploited by politicians and generals.

Some radicals in Russia have rejected this historical determinism, arguing that we should not legitimize authoritarianism by reference to history.

Nationalist feelings, deliberately stirred up in China, Korea, and Japan, are linked to recent history, to be sure, but the politics behind them is different in each country.

But the genomes mean little without the corresponding medical records, just as the Russian novel in any language means little without a corresponding knowledge of Russian history.

Zachris Topelius ( 14 January 1818 12 March 1898) was a Swedish speaking Finnish author, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history in Swedish.

The Committee considers that the authorities' initial failure to notify the author of the execution of her son amounts to inhuman treatment of the author, in violation of article 7 of the Covenant.

But if history is a guide, even strong sanctions may not be enough to persuade Iran s rulers to negotiate constructively and accept meaningful constraints on their nuclear activities.

If modern macroeconomists do not reconnect with history if they do not realize just what their theories are crystallized out of and what the point of the enterprise is then their profession will wither and die.

Historian and diplomat Joseph Nye gives us the 30,000 foot view of the shifts in power between China and the US, and the global implications as economic, political and soft power shifts and moves around the globe.

(Sometimes football history gets mixed up with real history the defeat of a superior Dutch team by Germany in the World Cup final of 1974 also needed to be redressed.)

Other countries lack of male escape fantasies in their popular culture may be no less historically rooted less transient, more traditional societies will not warmly welcome homegrown films and pop songs about local young men taking off and fleeing their responsibilities.

For reasons of history, morality, and security, Africa should be regarded as a particular European responsibility. We should deploy our aid, diplomacy, and peace keeping capacity to support sustainable development, good governance, and regional collaboration on the continent.

According to the author, the examining psychiatrist concluded that he suffered from an acute schizophroidal psychosis , rather than actual schizophrenia the psychiatrist told him that his new diagnosis would be formalized once she had obtained pertinent documents about the author's psychiatric history.

If history is any guide, markets can be severely destabilized by one day drops, which make powerful stories that have more psychological salience to investors than much larger drops that occur over longer time intervals.

Part of the question that I have answered is, is we create by surrounding ourselves with stimuli with human achievement, with history, with the things that drive us and make us human the passionate discovery, the bones of dinosaurs long gone, the maps of space that we ve experienced, and ultimately the hallways that stimulate our mind and our imagination.

Some radicals in Russia have rejected this historical determinism, arguing that we should not legitimize authoritarianism by reference to history. Protests were growing.

For all of them, access to genome sequences is important. But the genomes mean little without the corresponding medical records, just as the Russian novel in any language means little without a corresponding knowledge of Russian history.

A Party included in Annex I that intends to submit information under paragraph 149 to the secretariat on the matter or matters which led to its suspension of eligibility should provide the secretariat with at least six weeks notice of the date on which it intends to submit such information.

Though the history of the trilateral dialogue between China, Japan, and South Korea is short, it marks a new and constructive effort toward regional cooperation. This kind of pragmatic and functional approach, if strengthened, promises to generate momentum for cooperation on more sensitive security issues.

While we note that the ICTR is striving to meet the date set for the completion of its work, we wonder whether the appeals process will be completed by 2010, especially when it is becoming increasingly evident that most of the work will be concluded at the very end of the Tribunal's mandate.

Twenty years ago on June 4, 1989 three events shaped a fateful year. Which do you remember most vividly, and which most changed the world?

After two presidential terms, followed by a stint as Prime Minister and now a third presidency, Putin is entering his 13th year in power with 40 of the population desperately wanting him out.

So, in a way, the question is on what grounds am I upbeat at all about history? And the answer is, first of all, on balance I would say people have played their games to more win win outcomes than lose lose outcomes. On balance, I think history is a net positive in the non zero sum game department.

After the depositary informs the Council that the requirements for entry into force of the amendment have been met, and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article relating to the date fixed by the Council, a member may still notify the depositary of its acceptance of the amendment, provided that such notification is made before the entry into force of the amendment.

More recently, Harvey Cushing, who really developed neurosurgery as we know it, who changed it from a field of medicine that had a majority of deaths resulting from surgery to one in which there was a hopeful outlook, he was very conscious that he was not always going to do the right thing.