Events that may prove decisive, if not historical, break even as we write.
Only three months ago, the scandal-weary party was patting itself on the back for making an "historical break" with its murky, autocratic past by choosing Angela Merkel as its chairman.
"It concerns itself with the historical break that was the first world war, and travels from the prelapsarian world that preceded it to mass-mechanised butchery".
And it has to be understood as a historical break, which will profoundly change the way we perceive and experience reality.
As a war of national unification, the Civil War represented a sharp historical break, a moment of crisis that would define the country's course for decades to come.
Rather than relying on figures or tables, this book piques the reader's interest with a pithy narrative that presents apposite nutshell examples, stresses historical breaks, and throws in the odd pun.
I am very happy to be here, free from all of those fears and hoping against reason that the next historical break in Cuba will not be a violent one, and that it will bring about a future of peace, prosperity and democracy.
Australia v New Zealand isn't usually a fixture to get the heart racing – at least when it comes to cricket – but anticipation was high for this historical break with the 148-year-old tradition of preserving the five-day variety of the game as a daytime-only affair.
But by withholding their support, organizations like EDF and NRDC are missing an opportunity to mend a historical break in the environmental movement, one that hurts the cause by limiting environmentalism's public appeal.
Traer shares his own thoughts on the relationship between food and conflict, and how he sees the standard historical narrative breaking down within Cambodia's borders.
