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  • loaded language: 'eminent'
  • loaded language: 'prolific'
  • loaded language: 'sharply debated'
  • loaded language: 'kiss of death'
  • loaded language: 'angrily resisted'
  • loaded language: 'victimhood'
  • framing: Battles with the past
  • framing: Silver screen moment

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Historian Gordon S. Wood Dies at 92 After Being Struck by Vehicle

Gordon S. Wood, a renowned historian and professor emeritus at Brown University, passed away at 92 after being struck by a vehicle in Rhode Island. He was known for his influential works on American history and received the National Humanities Medal for his scholarship. Wood's contributions to historical discourse included a focus on the complexities of the American Revolution and its implications for society.

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Gordon S. Wood, a renowned historian and professor emeritus at Brown University, passed away at 92 after being struck by a vehicle in Rhode Island. He was known for his influential works on American history and received the National Humanities Medal for his scholarship. Wood's contributions to historical discourse included a focus on the complexities of the American Revolution and its implications for society.

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Loaded-language score 35/100
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Inflammatory language 9/100
Sentiment -10/100

Loaded Language Removed

  • ✕ loaded language: 'eminent'
  • ✕ loaded language: 'prolific'
  • ✕ loaded language: 'sharply debated'
  • ✕ loaded language: 'kiss of death'
  • ✕ loaded language: 'angrily resisted'
  • ✕ loaded language: 'victimhood'
  • ✕ framing: Battles with the past
  • ✕ framing: Silver screen moment
  • ✕ editorializing: the embodiment of the learned, traditional historian, guided by facts rather than ideology
  • ✕ vague attribution: younger academics increasingly alleged, many peers regarded

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Original Headline

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian hit and killed in store parking lot...

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Historian Gordon S. Wood Dies at 92 After Being Struck by Vehicle