Word: 19th
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Huston and Gladys Hill's adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling short story set in 19th century India takes some liberties with plot but holds to the original spirit. Kipling himself even shows up as a major character, wittily played by Christopher Plummer. He serves as a stand-in for the story's narrator, a slightly dazed sounding board for the wild ideas and adventures of Danny Dravot (Sean Connery) and Peachy Carnehan (Michael Caine). These two shopworn soldiers of fortune, after time in Her Majesty's forces, set out on their grandest exploit: to become kings...
...spokesmen for developing nations frequently point to Egypt; industries founded there in the early 19th century, when the country was autonomous although under loose Turkish sovereignty, were dismantled by the British after they occupied the country in 1882. Still, there is ample evidence that colonialism actually improved most societies. In 1962, for example, Algeria acquired railways, roads, ports, airfields, hospitals, schools, water supplies and power stations from the departing French-not to mention a thriving network of profitable farms that have since been all but ruined by heavyhanded socialist administration...
...raise living standards or generate savings because the gains have been offset by population growth. Swiss Economist Paul Bairoch points out that the pace of agricultural growth in the developing world has compared favorably with that of the First World in its period of economic takeoff during the 19th century. "The real difference between the performance of the two," stresses Bairoch, "is caused by the growth of population." During its industrial revolution, the West's population grew about .5% annually; the poor countries today are expanding at a yearly rate...
...even in its more basic functions, the contemporary American bathroom is "hopelessly antiquated and inadequate," in the view of Alexander Kira, an architect and Cornell professor who has immersed himself in the subject for 17 years. Indeed, he points out, the Western loo has changed little since the late 19th century, when Thomas Crapper of London patented his flush toilet-and thereby insinuated himself into colloquial English...
...fierce injunction, "Make it new!" he admitted: "I am not an innovator but a rediscoverer of forgotten goods." Many of his works were in one way or another derivative. The Skin of Our Teeth was born of Finnegans Wake. The Merchant of Yonkers (1938) evolved from a 19th century Viennese farce and developed into The Matchmaker (1954) and Hello, Dolly...