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Word: 17th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ferocity and decorum -- the torture of a saint by evisceration, a live man's guts being drawn out on a windlass, yet with the shock of the blood edited away or, rather, subliminally transferred to a cascade of red drapery below Erasmus' body. In his work, pagan antiquity and 17th century Catholicism eloquently support each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART: Decorum and Fury | 12/5/1994 | See Source »

...contrast between the modest asceticism of the Saint Colombe's and the grand opulence of the court of Versailles shows two different versions of dress and costume of France in the 17th century...

Author: By Marco M. Spino, | Title: 'Matins' Strikes a Chord of Love Lost | 10/27/1994 | See Source »

...victory was Penn's 17th straight, the longest streak in Division...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Columbia Betters Yale for First Time Since 1983 | 10/26/1994 | See Source »

More perversely, however, an underprivileged white who scored in the 36th percentile has the same chance as a Beacon Hill Black who scored in the 17th percentile (an edge to the more privileged Black of roughly 80 points...

Author: By G. BRENT Mcguire, | Title: Defending The Bell Curve | 10/24/1994 | See Source »

Princeton is first in the Ivy League and 17th nationally in team rushing with an average of 223.8 yards per game...

Author: By Amit A. Tiwari, | Title: Longtime, Rivals Clash Once More | 10/22/1994 | See Source »

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