personages

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We chronicle, explicate, elucidate and constantly “re-adjudicate” historical events and personages.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2024

"These films seek to challenge what we think we know about historical personages or important historical incidents. They are out to create a new alt-history."

From BBC • May 3, 2024

He has been ambushed at least eight times by a Belgian pie-thrower who targets pompous personages, and he is the subject of no fewer than four sometimes-scathing biographies.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2023

These personages are broadly sketched, but they needn’t be played quite so cartoonishly.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2023

Meanwhile, the wealthy and influential personages of Northern California, many of whom had been educated at Berkeley and supported the university generously, began to eye a new, high-profile candidate for their philanthropy.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik