My dictionary defines "historic" as "well-known or important in history".

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The United Nations Convention on Refugees - which defines a refugee as someone with a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion - is 51 years old.

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This concept combined with the numeral 7, which Biblically has always represented the number of completion, defines not only our name but upholds our mission as well.

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Therefore, the social role of the Bakhshis exceeds that of mere narrator, and defines them as judges, mediators and healers, as well as guardians of the ethnic and regional cultural heritage of their community.

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Real Capital defines potentially troubled properties as those with loans that are maturing this year as well as those with other financial stresses including stalled development or bankrupt tenants.

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