Sentence examples for historical turn from inspiring English sources

The historical turn in popular science, prompted by Dava Sobel's snappy little Longitude, goes on.

Kurt Masur's neatly orchestrated withdrawal from the New York Philharmonic took its historical turn on Thursday night.

But many Mexican were joyous nonetheless, with newspapers playing up the historical turn of a Latin American assuming the throne of Peter.

Those with a historical turn of mind might want to consult Tierney, one of the world's leading authorities on Presidential apparel.

"Retrospective" (Gagosian) takes an art historical turn, and "The Stranger" (Yvon Lambert) finds its inspiration in the nihilistic novel by Albert Camus.

Its subtitle, "Images of America in Rock'n'Roll Music", reflects what could be called "the historical turn" that rock took at the close of the 60s.

(The Museum of Modern Art recently put on a major exhibition of nineteenth- and twentieth-century architectural drawings from the École des Beaux-Arts — a historical turn-about whose effect was not as shocking as it might have been, simply because so many young architects were already busy ransacking the past).

One is a fascination with historical turning points.

Some say that Greece is at a historical turning point — and a risky one.

The end of the Cold War was an important historical turning point.

The gradual passing of survivors has also meant that Auschwitz faces a historical turning point.