The order continued its historic role specializing in education, health care, and social services.

The concept of a collective or shared bank played a historic role in the Islamic economy.

But he is not the player many expected to have that historic role.

A little Missouri campus celebrates its historic role in foreign policy.

Without them, there's little hope that the urban core can sustain its historic role as a center of cultural production.

For better or worse (and both are accurate), that is Germany's historic role.

But the onus of that historic role could not be overcome.

He doesn't see his historic role as leading a national unity government.

"My opinion is that we must not forget the historic role Gorbachev played," he said.

In many ways, it is an extension of the festival's historic role.