Word: 1960s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...froman epic earthquakeandnerve gas attacks by terrorists, voters have decided that comedians are best suited to run the government -- or at least two major cities. In elections Sunday, Tokyo voters elected as their governor Yukio Aoshima, who donned a kimono and wig to portray "Nasty Grandma" in a popular 1960s TV show. In Osaka, comic "Knock" Yokoyama won the honor. Though both are longtime members of Paliament's upper house, they were able to capitalize on voter anger with politics-as-usual to beat major party candidates...
Slichter was one of two academics appointed tothe Corporation in the late 1960s, Rosovsky says...
...1960s what was not on the campus was racism and anti-Semitism," he told the audience...
...1960s, Havel began writing essays and plays--a form of political activism in Central and Eastern Europe--according to Assistant Pro- fessor of Slavic Languages and LiteraturesAlfred Thomas...
...Files, Fox has launched the eerie cyberthriller VR.5 (Fridays, 8 p.m. est). Last Wednesday the network introduced Sliders, about a charmingly disheveled physics student who creates a void in his basementthat transports him to different parallel universes every week. Elsewhere, Showtime has just launched a revival of the 1960s anthology series The Outer Limits (Sundays, 10 p.m. est), which will prey on fears of everything from alien organisms to virtual reality. These shows are joining a sizable armada of sci-fi programming already on the air, ranging from nbc's SeaQuest DSV and Earth 2 to the syndicated Star Trek...