Word: 15th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stage will come to life in mere hours, but it already shows hints of 15th-century England. Cocoa-shell mulch that crunches underfoot covers the stage floor. Three huge rocks--actually large chunks of styrofoam--lie on a large platform beside the main part of the stage. A curved and seemingly rickety ramp meanders its way from a height of about 10 feet down to the stage...
Among the most interesting debates we had, especially with our outside experts, were those concerning the relative influence of thinkers vs. tinkerers--those who work mainly inside their own mind vs. those who turn their mind to practical things. In some centuries the tinkerers are more influential. The 15th, for example, was important for Gutenberg building his printing press and Columbus setting sail; the 19th for Fulton and his steamboat, Morse and his code, Bell and his telephone, Edison and his light bulb. But in other centuries the pure thinkers were more influential. The 17th, for example, boasted Newton, Galileo...
...Hiram Bingham finds Machu Picchu, a 15th century Inca settlement high in the Peruvian Andes...
...There were a lot of high points," DeNunzio said. "A third place finish is amazing, especially over teams like Lehigh and Brown. We only came in behind Penn and Cornell, programs ranked 12th and 15th in the nation...
...roaming Capitol Hill [trying] to find tourists with video cameras," Turley says. "There is a fear that many of us will become pundit mercenaries and travel to other countries as impeachment commentators for hire." Wisecracks aside, he knows his 15th minute is nigh; he must soon return to the quotidian life of teaching and writing. "I can find something to occupy my time," he sighs...