Word: 19th
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...unusual for us to consider works of the past far superior to works of the present. In the 19th century, an American education was only rounded out by study in Europe, an older civilization than the colonies. In the 1600s, scholars in Europe, to become part of the educated elite, had to study the ancient classics in Greek and Latin. Even before that, when the Romans had conquered the Greeks, who had an older and more established culture, they hired Greek tutors to educate their young aristocrats. Harvard only continues this tradition with Shakespeare, Rome of Augustus, "Greek Heroes...
...attractive American girl of the late 19th century, Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman) comes to England to visit her wealthy expatriate relatives. She succeeds in charming both her invalid cousin, Ralph Touchett (Martin Donovan), and a fine English lord (Richard Grant). But she refuses the lord's proposal of marriage and expresses her desire to see more of life. Her cousin, intrigued by her independent vision, persuades his dying father (John Gielgud) to leave her sufficient money to realize her dreams. Mr. Touchett complies, and upon his death Isabel inherits a fortune...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Although it sounds like a 19th Century cure-all, "Dr. Brown's Home Drug Testing System," a pre-packaged set of plastic tubes and a urine sample cup has won FDA approval as the first drug-testing kit for home use. Translation: parental use. While the $30 device, expected in the stores in about six weeks, may never "empower the individual citizen," as inventor Dr. Theodore Brown promises, its ability to detect cocaine, heroin, marijuana, PCP, amphetamines and morphine with a mail-in urine sample is bound to spark a storm of controversy. Customers need only place...
...advent of railroads and air travel," says Allen Sinai, the president and chief global economist for Primark Decision Economics in Boston. "Future economic historians will write about this as a major event in our history." Concurs Joseph Stiglitz, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers: "In the 19th century, the frontier of America was moving from agriculture to manufacturing. Today the frontier is going from manufacturing to services and technology, much of which can be exported." While this revolution has been under way since the 1960s, technology keeps accelerating the pace of change and hence the seemingly sudden...
...wasn't much, but the defense, ranked 19th in the NFL and 28th against the pass, made sure it was enough. It held Means to 43 yards rushing--he had 315 in the previous two playoff games--and limited Brunell to 190 yards while intercepting two passes...