historical

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To rework Karl Marx’s famous maxim, sometimes historical events can be tragedy and farce at the same time, and repeat themselves in the same register.

From Salon

But the Bank said this was primarily an anti-counterfeiting move, which is why Churchill, like other historical characters, would eventually have to be replaced on banknotes.

From BBC

If the future has no relationship to the past, then it’s just as possible that future stock-market returns will be far worse than the historical average.

From MarketWatch

Citi’s global macro strategy team led by Dirk Willer went in search of historical analogs, looking through the last five oil crises.

From MarketWatch

But critics have suggested they risk discouraging engagement with complex literature or historical realities.

From BBC