Word: 17th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Gender bias in the 17th and 18th centuries shaped scientific findings about the apes, a historian said yesterday at the kickoff event of Women's History Week...
...Science today is not that much less imaginative than it was in the 17th and 18th centuries--it's just harder for us to see," she said...
Names may carry strange freights -- perverse jokes, weird energies of inflicted embarrassment. Another 17th century Puritan child was condemned to bear the name of Flie Fornication Andrewes. Of course, it is also possible that Andrewes sailed along, calling himself by a jaunty, executive "F.F. Andrewes." Even the most humiliating name can sometimes be painted over or escaped altogether. Initials are invaluable: H.R. (Bob) Haldeman, of the Nixon White House, deftly suppressed Harry Robbins: "Harry Haldeman" might not have worked...
Andrea Brown, director of Hillel's capital campaign, which is in charge of raising money for the new building and the ceremony on the 17th, said that some people had misconceptions about how Hillel's funds were being spent...
...skiers in each event, Harvard had only two top-20 finishes. Freshman Matt Bellizzi finished 17th, and Sophomore Molly Ware finished 18th...