Word: 1600s
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Kennedy's final analysis also errs in one unmentioned, but ultimately significant respect. He equates the influence of military power in the world of the 1600s with that of the world of the 1980s. But we live in a much different world with different dynamics of military conflict which can be summarized in two words: The Bomb...
While fake baubles have now become highly fashionable, they have been around for centuries. The first false diamonds, sculpted from crystal, appeared in the 1600s in France. In Britain, Prince Albert's death in 1861 prompted a grieving Queen Victoria to proclaim that only black jewelry would be considered proper, making black glass jewels temporarily popular among aristocrats. French Designer Coco Chanel made a splash by wearing rhinestones and faux pearls during the Roaring Twenties...
Both schools were founded in the 1600s (W & M, the nation's second oldest college, opened its doors in 1696), both teams were one game over .500 last year, and both have an established quarterback behind an untested and unproven line...
Both schools were founded in the 1600s (W & M, the nation's second oldest college, opened its doors in 1696), both teams were one game over .500 last year, and both have an established quarterback behind an untested and unproven line...
...excavating mysterious ruins, why did you to come to Cambridge? But Anthropology S-15, "Introduction to Archaeological Research in the Field," plans to make use of the materials at hand. The agenda includes digging up the South Yard, the site of the Old College and Indian College of the 1600s. Boston University Professor F.J.E. Gorman hopes his projected 20 students will be able to find evidence of 17th-century student ideologies--"evidence of student revolts," such as broken glass and dice and cards, from a time when gambling was forbidden...