Word: 19th
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long, sometimes treacherous 19th century Westward trek of covered wagons is deeply embedded in American legend, folklore and sense of national identity. Thousands of pioneers, for example, braved the perilous Oregon Trail. Now, to salute the Western settlers, Americans representing all 50 states are replaying history in reverse by forming Eastbound wagon trains. They are set to arrive in Valley Forge, Pa., July 3. The following day, President Ford will address the passengers in the 60 official wagons and approximately 2,000 other travelers. The Pennsylvania Bicentennial Commission sponsored an official wagon from each state, plus ten escort wagons. Wagon...
Boston got the message. Along its historic waterfront, it is quietly working on the nation's largest federally aided renovation project. Already, a number of 19th century wharf buildings have been made into 1,500 units of elegant middle-income housing. No sooner does one batch of apartments come on the market (rents start around $500 per month) than they are snapped up, proof that many well-to-do people will choose good downtown housing over the pleasures of the green suburbs...
...swift its circulation that by the beginning of March, Congress found itself behind the people. It hurried to catch up. On March 3, it sent Connecticut Delegate Silas Deane to France to negotiate for military aid; on the 14th, it voted to disarm all Loyalists; on the 19th, it authorized privateers to intercept British merchantmen; on the 26th, it placed an embargo on exports to Britain and the British West Indies. On April 6, it opened ports of trade to all nations except Britain. By May 10, John Adams was writing to James Warren, president of Massachusetts' Provincial Congress, "Every...
Shakespeare mentions the resemblance between Hermione and her teenage daughter Perdita. And, following a 19th-century precedent, Kahn has once again entrusted both roles to Maria Tucci, since the two characters are on stage together only in the final scene. Kahn gets around this problem by cutting Perdita's half dozen lines and using a stand-in facing away from the audience. I suppose it's ungallant to suggest that Miss Tucci can no longer really pass for a teenager, but she makes an appealing attempt. As Queen Hermione, she can speak eloquently when required to, and stand immobile...
Barba-Martin described his thesis on Domingo F. Sarmiento, the 19th century Argentinian president, diplomat, and writer as "not a very erudite, but a necessary work." Sarmiento, a man who wrote so much that "he didn't have time to number the pages," published two different versions of his biography of his illegitimate son. The earlier edition, Barba-Martin said, deals mostly with the child's personality. The second edition, cast against a chaotic background of Sarmiento's own public life, serves as a vehicle for the statesman's ideas about education that were influenced by the American Horace Mann...