Our present-day encounters with unfamiliar males in the waking life are not predominantly aggressive.
Medieval prisoners were marginalized, but they avoided social liminality (a major present-day risk) largely thanks to their visibility, accessibility, and frequent interaction with free society.
Few politicians conceived of present-day problems more resolutely in terms of their relation to the past.
At the same time, his prejudices - to present-day mores, crude and racial - were openly expressed.
Marked differences in wealth and income within the over-60 years population are not a unique feature of present-day society.
As a result, many present-day archaeologists and conservators of antiquities experience tourism as a blessing for their profession.
The parallels between the debates in forest circles in the 1930s and those of the present-day is striking.
Of particular present-day interest are the day-to-day entries of weather and ice conditions.