For a lyricist, Ira Gershwin was a pretty darn good historian.

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But Martin Evans, a British academic, is too good an historian to present a one-sided story of Algeria's quest for independence.

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He is too good a historian to go to the opposite extreme and adopt the French vice of imposing consistent themes on inconsistent times and places, or looking for rhetorical effect in implausible analogies.

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How good a historian was Arrian?

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Trump may be a good businessman, but he is certainly no historian.

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Mr. FRED BEUTTLER (Deputy Historian, House of Representatives): Good afternoon.

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Cardinal O'Brien's resignation could prompt some cardinals to question "if it's better not to come, for the good of the church, " said Alberto Melloni, a church historian and conclave expert.

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