Word: 18th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption past the grader, then rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom. --Donald Carswell '50 This piece first ran on June...
Harvard travels next to New Hampshire for a Saturday afternoon engagement, then returns home to host Northeastern December 18th. Harvard...
Since 1970, the choir at Emmanuel has performed one of Bach's cantatas every Sunday during the academic year, free of charge. Within the luminous sanctuary of this 18th century Gothic church, the sacred music of Bach as well as Schutz and other composers, is sung, fiddled and drummed as sacred music was intended--during a service of worship. Not to mention that the music is exquisitely performed by a full orchestra and professional singers, many of whom have gone on to fame...
...Academie Francaise's much-publicized hysteria over the bastardization of the French language by Americanisms is only the tip of France's long-standing obsession with language. In the 18th-century court portrayed in "Ridicule," the skillful manipulation of language is the sole means of gaining and keeping social status. The world of Versailles is shaped by what they refer to as "wit." Lest one believe that this wit is based on the crass premise of merely producing amusement, one French noble dismisses disdainfully the "hew-mah" of the English as being far inferior to French...
After the woman pointed out that the idea of "prima nocta" in Gibson's film "Braveheart" was an 18th century invention that had no place in a medieval film, Gibson asked, "Damn cinematic...