Similarly, in reviving the city's long-dormant tradition of large-scale urban planning, Bloomberg is, in a sense, trying to reverse recent history.

He's the one basically trying to reverse history.

For three years he held the same post as before, and then as if reversing history, settled down to a retirement in Cambridge.

It was time for the Imperial slaves to now reverse history.

Today a small radical minority would reverse history and dissolve the consensus.

Jeter said he once thought that by reversing history, the Red Sox might change the tenor of the rivalry.

Carter, sensing that jazz culture was on the ropes, began a campaign to reverse cultural history.

At halftime of the Jets' regular-season opener, Parcells dared his players to reverse history.

There is no turning back, there are no steps backward, we cannot reverse history.

But now Bloomingdale's officials would like to reverse history - with changes both outside and in.