Word: 18th
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What we saw next was progress--at least its annoying side. Between each beacon of the 18th century were scattered too many reminders of the 20th--little wooden carts that served as functional boutiques and cluttered the sidewalks with their yuppie ware. And then on to Quincy Market, a crass commercial excuse for stealing the dollars of more than 15 million tourists every year. History, if there is any there, is confined to a statue, a plaque and perhaps Durgin Park restaurant...
...Princeton kiosk will serve as a guard tower at the new traffic entrance into the campus. The kiosk, which will accommodate a single security guard, is being built primarily in wood in "the style of an 18th-century cupola," according to Jon Hlafter, director of physical planning at Princeton. With a price tag of $50,000, the booth will cost about $1000 per square foot, Hlafter estimates...
...buts -- the best collection of Japanese painting of the period outside Japan. In its new setting, Price writes in the catalog, "the art is to be experienced, not studied" -- by natural light through the walls, as the Edo artists intended, without the spotlights that did not exist in 18th century Japan. On any given day one may see perhaps a dozen screens and a dozen scrolls hanging in the main cell of the pavilion. They are to change once a month. Since the building cost some $12.7 million, this must be the lowest density of art per dollar...
...balance of power in the 18th century depended on the weight and professionalism of one's navy. Tuchman devotes a great deal of space and vivid prose to the subject, from ship design to armaments and tactics. Her conclusion: England's vaunted sea force was crippled by poor leadership, corruption and an inflexible manual known as Fighting Instructions, deviation from which could and did get captains court-martialed...
...upset dropped the 18th-ranked Crimson's record to 1-1 overall (1-0 Ivy League), while the 20th-ranked Wildcats improved...