Nesebŭr, formerly (until 1934) Mesembria, historic town and resort, eastern Bulgaria, on the Black Sea coast.
Nūrestān, also spelled Nūristān, formerly (until 1895) Kāfiristān, historic region in eastern Afghanistan, about 5,000 square miles (13,000 square km) in area and comprising the upper valleys of the Alīngār, Pīch, and Landay Sind rivers and the intervening mountain ranges.
That is not where an incumbent wants to be "with little over 100 days until an historic election," as Mr. Bush himself described the ticking clock last week.
The other way of looking at that, of course, is that until the historic yes vote in the Republic of Ireland on 22 May, 171 countries did not.
TOKYO — Japan's voters handed a landslide victory to the Liberal Democratic Party in national parliamentary elections on Sunday, giving power back to the conservative party that had governed Japan for decades until a historic defeat three years ago.
But until Britons' historic urge to sell to the world is revived, the island remains a trader that did its best business in the past: well connected and with a few profitable lines, but trading at a loss.
Hopes for passage were high this year, until the historic measure was poisoned in the Senate with an amendment to strip the district's government of its power to enact responsible gun control laws.
However, Anne and Betty never met until their historic adventure in 1929 with their husbands.
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - With just hours until the historic vote on health care reform, the Tea Party movement has taken up a new battle cry, protesting what they believe is a "government takeover of Congress".
With just 66 days until the historic Copenhagen Climate Conference, Kofi Annan was joined by Inglorious Basterds star, Melanie Laurent for the global launch of a new version of the Midnight Oil hit, "Beds are Burning".
