It sounds esoteric, but as soon as you can find an example in history it becomes easier to explain to yourself, the actor and the director.

WSJ: The Columnists | WSJ. Magazine May 2013

It all sounds vaguely plausible, but the first test will, history suggests, come later, when it becomes clear whether Mr Thain and other insiders are buying shares to be held, if not until death, then at least for a long time to come.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

Thanks to this well-crafted exhibition, judging Herod's place in history becomes even more challenging than it already was.

WSJ: Shards of a Reputation | Herod the Great | Israel Museum | By Amotz Asa-El

Cecil Valance stays only three days at Two Acres, the Sawle family house on the edge of North London, but the house party becomes a piece of literary history, because it is here that Cecil writes a poem for Daphne, which memorializes the house and its garden.

NEWYORKER: Sons and Lovers

The abiding lesson of monetary history is that the higher inflation gets, the costlier it becomes to bring down again.

ECONOMIST: The credit crunch

The Code has only grown more convoluted and complex, and history has shown that when a law becomes overly complicated, it raises the cost of compliance, in both man hours and dollars, and invites abuse.

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As Miss Didion moves from childhood into adulthood, her personal narrative becomes intertwined with the history of her native state and her quest to understand it.

ECONOMIST: California