This is a time of historic transformation with all kinds of possibilities, good and bad.
And if the Soviet leaders somehow manage to commit themselves to this historic transformation?
No Arab or Israeli leader has prepared his people for a historic transformation in relations.
"This would be historic transformation on the cheap."
Perhaps more than any other individual, he was responsible for the historic transformation of the college into a coeducational institution.
But for a front seat to Russia's historic transformation, with a dollop of adventure, this is as good a place to be as any.
The vote on Monday was seen by many proponents as signifying a historic transformation in the national gun debate.
But the idea that the policy has "lifted the lives of people abroad" and helped Russia manage its "historic transformation" is bewildering.
"We are in a historic transformation of our economy," he said in an interview.
His new team is surely in need of historic transformation.