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In historiography, historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of a historical account. [1] It usually involves challenging the orthodox (established, accepted or traditional) scholarly views or narratives regarding a historical event, timespan, or phenomenon by introducing contrary evidence or reinterpreting the motivations and decisions of the people involved.
References to slaves and prisoners were removed, and certain references to death were removed. [13] Other changes focused on words that in British English usage have taken on more vulgar associations, such as horny and fanny. [13] Some changes removed whole lines or passages, while others replaced them with entirely new text.
Mistakes were made" is an expression that is commonly used as a rhetorical device, whereby a speaker acknowledges that a situation was handled poorly or inappropriately but seeks to evade any direct admission or accusation of responsibility by not specifying the person who made the mistakes, nor any specific act that was a mistake.
The revisers were charged with introducing alterations only if they were deemed necessary to be more accurate and faithful to the original Greek and Hebrew texts. In the New Testament alone more than 30,000 changes were made, over 5,000 on the basis of what were considered better Greek manuscripts.
A 60-by-30-foot (18.3 m × 9.1 m) Confederate flag at the intersection of I-4 and I-75, just east of Tampa, was temporarily removed by its owner, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, after threats to burn it were made on social media. [24] Confederate battle flag Confederate battle flag Memorial Park Kennesaw: Georgia: Jun 15, 2020: Jun 16, 2020
New York State took the lead in 1898, and by 1916 the old system had been discarded in every area. Demands grew for local and state government to take charge. With the coming of the automobile after 1910, urgent efforts were made to upgrade and modernize dirt roads designed for horse-drawn wagon traffic.
The robot is able to memorize changes in its position through adjustments in pressure within the tubes that feed its artificial muscles.Made of polyamide, this structural material is strong enough ...
The changes were presumed to have been made by the staffs of US elected representatives and senators. [ 24 ] Prior to the Twitter feed, the best information about what congressional staffers were editing was found in the present article on US Congressional staff edits to Wikipedia and in the Wikipedia project page for congressional staffer ...