Word: 18th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption past the grader, then the 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...
...Absolutely. I have thought and said so since the first moment. There is a saying by Tadeusz Kosciuszko ((the 18th century Polish military hero)) that one sometimes has to lose a lot in order to save everything...
EARRINGS by Daniela Mascetti and Amanda Triossi (Rizzoli; $50). A glittering guide to the ornaments that women -- and men -- have been wearing since 3000 B.C., this book is dotted with small gems: for example, because of the improvement of French domestic candles in the 18th century, evening soirees increased, and brilliant-cut, light-reflecting diamond earrings became de rigueur...
...arguments the department could profer for this Anglophilic bias are rooted in the classical tradition. Undoubtedly, there is a greater tradition of British literature. British works roughly date from the 14th century. Scholars might argue that a truly American voice does not emerge until the latter half of the 18th, or early 19th century...
...confusion that reigns in local government. In his view, the concentration of legislative, executive and oversight powers into the hands of city councils has become a "minefield of exploding booby traps." But he does nurture his own dream for the city that Peter the Great built in the 18th century out of / frozen wasteland on the western edge of Russia. "We want to be more than a window to Europe," says Sobchak. "We want to open a door to the whole world." But first Sobchak must worry about more prosaic matters, like finding enough potatoes to keep his city...