Word: 15th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...main problem as a demoralized history professor is coming to terms with a new age of criticism that obliterates history. He has been working for years on a definitve history of James Buchanan, the 15th and only bachelor president. Alf and Norma are fine, so it seems, until this lonely and much-maligned historical figure fails to form into a book. "My attempt at extending our family to include a bouncing book had proved painfully slow and thus far futile. Perhaps Buchanan was the cause of our break-up," Alf reasons...
...Crimson lost to 15th-ranked Princeton Saturday, 3-2, in New Jersey when it let a 2-1 lead scurry out of its hands, yielding two Tiger goals in the final eight minutes of the contest...
When the Harvard field hockey team faces 15th-ranked Princeton today in New Jersey, the Crimson will need all the supernatural forces it can get on its side...
...Misbehavin'. Through Nov. 1. 15th anniversary revival of the Tony-winning musical round-up of Fats Waller's greatest hits. Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., Boston. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. Sunday at 2 p.m. $25-$28. Call 426-6912 for more information...
Several factors made the Age of Exploration possible. Medieval cartographers piously placed Jerusalem at the center of the earth. But in the 15th century, Western scholars rediscovered Ptolemy's Geography, with its maps of a semispheric earth that (more or less) accurately located such distant places as Iceland and Ceylon. Improvements in rigging enabled the construction of larger, more maneuverable ships with both square-rigged and fore-and-aft sails. The development of the quadrant (an Arabic invention) and magnetic compass (possibly from China) made navigation more accurate; the stern- fastened rudder made ship handling easier...