One of the great injustices of modern times was the failure of the Senate to confirm Robert Bork for the Supreme Court.
The reason why, unfortunately, is that it may signal the end of the road for one of the greatest technological achievements of modern times, the U.S. human spaceflight program.
Yet the Vatican still appears to lack a coherent strategy to cope with an escalating crisis that is perceived by outside observers as one of the most grave to have hit the Catholic Church in modern times, but that the Pope himself refuses to address in public except in the most general terms.
This was the first conclave in modern times not to be preceded by the death of a pope.
For a man accused of the largest leak of official secrets in modern times, the location could hardly be more apt.
The first recorded sightings of modern times date back to the early 1950s, when a large black feline dubbed the Surrey Puma was spotted prowling through the countryside near Farnham.
Only Phil Chisnall in 1964 has travelled the route in modern times.
Although everything that matters in Milan is within walking distance, no one had ever dared open a high-end restaurant in the area in modern times.
Save the Kennedys of Massachusetts no clan has dominated the political life of a major state in modern times than the Browns of California.
The time slot was terrible (Friday nights), it had no major stars attached to it and the premise -- Grimm fairy tales set in modern times around the banner of a police procedural -- sounds like it could be the cheesiest thing ever.
That is three times as long as the Earth has existed and about 100, 000 times the lifespan of modern humanity as a species.
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If a full-fledged media blackout isn't feasible, then at least limit yourself to the stations that are least likely to air anything having to do with modern times: the radio stations that play big band music and old-timey radio programs.
Fueling the hype is the fact that "Avatar" is Cameron's first film since "Titanic" in 1997 -- the most successful film of modern times -- and a return to sci-fi for the "Aliens" and "Terminator" series director.
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An attorney in search of the actual presentation of Shariah as an extant and authoritative basis for law in modern times has the opportunity to examine several Muslim regimes which have implemented Shariah as the law of the land.
The Highland Historic Environment Record holds records on thousands of historical sites dating from prehistoric times to the modern day.
She was described by Pope Pius X as "the greatest saint of modern times".
In modern times the brainy left provided most of the mental opposition up to the 1960s or so.
But in modern times the Olympic truce has been honored and the breach.
What needs explaining is the following: in modern times, up until 1950 Glasgow did not stand out as particularly sickly.
One, we as audiences can be drawn into the story of someone closer to modern times, and explore his obsession as well as the ridicule he receives in pursuing this tale from history.
On the closing track of his new album Modern Times, Bob Dylan casts himself as the prototypical stranger who's just passing through.
The installation ceremony held there is steeped in centuries of ritual that modern popes have updated to the times.
"No single person or even any single bank created the biggest financial recession in modern times, " he said.
In these modern times, the word "chef" has taken on a lot of meanings.
Ever since, he has proven to be one of the most elusive criminals in modern times.
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So Scoble and I decided to follow the road only taken in modern times by Smolan.
Although Wilde is celebrated as the greatest natural talker of modern times, he edited his prose meticulously.
In modern times, the voters tend to elect wealthy politicos -- often those who hail from political dynasties.
It was a dry, terse statement but a dramatic decision, and possibly the biggest currency intervention of modern times.
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Cemex executives date the company's "modern times" from 1985, and for good reason.
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