Word: 16th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nostradamus, 16th century French clairvoyant, predicted a conflict in the Balkans would spark World War III in 77,760 minutes...
Satcher, who is the 16th Surgeon General, isalso the assistant secretary of health and hasserved in these positions since February 1998. Theassistant secretary for health advises the healthand human services secretary's senior adviser onpublic health issues. Satcher was president ofMeharry Medical College from 1982 until 1993. From1993 to 1997, he was the director of the Centerfor Disease Control and Prevention
...education," the money has simply gone down the drain. Scores from the National Assessment of Education Progress have remained flat throughout the decade. The Third International Math and Science Study conducted last month reported that American high school seniors placed 19th out of 21 nations in math and 16th out of 21 in science. Our advanced students did even worse, scoring dead last in physics. This evidence suggests that, compared to the rest of the industrialized world, our students lag seriously in critical subjects vital to our future...
...fashionable gynecologist named Dr. Samuel Pozzi, renowned in Paris for his exquisite tastes and the breadth of his affairs, including one with Mme. Gautreau. He rises before one's eyes in a flaring crimson robe with a velvet curtain behind him, one hand on his breast, looking like some 16th-arrondissement Don Giovanni protesting the sincerity of his intentions. The pairing of the New Orleans siren and her reputed lover set off a frenzy of gossip, and Sargent, more than a little unnerved, presently decamped to London...
...task of picking a Person of the Century. Comparing the impact of scientists with that of artists, leaders and heroes will be difficult. Even with the luxury of historic hindsight, it's hard to gauge who had the most effect. (Pop quiz: Who had more lasting influence in the 16th century, Shakespeare or Martin Luther, Magellan or Michelangelo, Elizabeth I or the Mogul leader Akbar...