Word: 20s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Tomorrow: partly sunny, windy and cold. High in the 20s...
...rewrites memories and reshapes character. The legacy of World War I defined the Western peoples for 20 years. The sense of order, optimism and patriotism that marked the Edwardian age died in the trenches of Verdun. In their place arose the pacifism, the nihilism, the psychic cubism of the '20s...
...cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control through November 1990, 615 involve 13- to 19-year-olds -- 154 more than 11 months earlier. That total understates the gravity of the problem. Since more than a fifth of all AIDS victims in the U.S. are in their 20s and the incubation period for the disease can be as long as 10 years, most of the older age group probably became infected as teenagers...
...child prodigy at 14, a full professional by his early 20s and dead at 42, Van Dyck had one of those careers that is conventionally dubbed meteoric -- except that it did not burn out. His name has lasted three centuries. Which is not to say that he has altogether received his due. In a curious way, Van Dyck remains a somewhat underrated artist, as anyone might if he had to be constantly compared with Rubens, his master, and Titian, his even greater model. Especially, he is not well known to the American public, though some of his finest paintings...
Today: sunny, breezy and cold, highs in the mid 30s. Wind northwest 15 to 25 mph. Tonight and tomorrow: partly cloudy, lows in the mid 20s, high...