Word: 18th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Both the Harvard Square Defense Fund and the Cambridge Historical Society say, "not entirely." While the myth of colonial Cambridge may be red brick, the 18th Century revolutionary reality happened in humble wood, experts...
...clock, facing Harvard Square, served as the central time-keeper for Harvard's undergraduate community when it was originally erected in the late 18th century...
...Jerusalem Temple was destroyed 19 centuries ago, continues as an annual ritual performed by all Muslims, and has been a part of African animistic religions as far back as records exist. Santeria's spiritual roots reach back 4,000 years to the Yoruba tribe in southern Nigeria. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the slave communities of Cuba blended worship of Roman Catholic saints with their ancient African rites...
...answer confrontations that had been so popular with the viewers? Finally, two years after the $64,000 Question was yanked off the air, the format resurfaced in 1960 in a new high-minded incarnation featuring the grandest prize of all -- a four-year lease on a pretentiously formal 18th century residence in Washington...
...peopled as Bangladesh, yet manages to support healthy ecosystems and a booming economy. Nearly 200 years ago, the island's French settlers became alarmed by the cutting of ebony forests that caused severe erosion and had led to the extinction of the dodo bird. By the end of the 18th century, the locals had developed a full set of environmental controls, including strict limits on tree cutting. In recent years, Mauritius has launched a successful education effort to stabilize population growth. The country now ranks among the most prosperous in Africa. "I would be much less pessimistic about the future...