Word: 20th
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...20th century, British Catholic pressure on the Vatican helped persuade the papacy at one point to outlaw even contacts with non-Catholics as undermining the concept of the One True Church. But in 1958 Angelo Giuseppe Cardinal Roncalli, the Patriarch of Venice, was elected Pope John XXIII after the death of the doctrinally stern Pius XII, and a new mood about Christian unity took hold. Two years later, John established the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity to further ecumenism among all Christian groups. And the Second Vatican Council, called into session by Pope John XXIII in 1962, began...
Performed between March 1962 and June 1965, the tunes were searched out by Producer Kevin Hewlett as he prepared a program to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Beatles' first broadcast for the BBC. "The Beeb" had given the lads air time on teen variety shows like Saturday Club; then, in June 1963, they got their own program, Pop Go the Beatles. When they were first heard on the air they did not even have a record contract. Within 18 months they had four hit singles, the show and the beginnings of a myth...
...likelihood have picked them up only as they climbed to identify their target and launch their Exocet air-to-sea missiles. From that moment, the attack that crippled the British destroyer some four minutes later was no longer a matter of daring and courage. It had become a 20th century battle of microchips and computers, of decisions and reactions far too fast for the human brain to make. Says a weapons expert for Jane's Yearbooks, the authoritative military reference volumes: "Today's wars are a battle of computer vs. computer...
...were marked by a clear, unforced ensemble tone, individual virtuosity and an unfailing sensitivity to the music's shifting dramatic nuances. Their strong cycle not only showcased a rising young quartet, but even more important, it provided a valuable opportunity to re-evaluate Shostakovich's place in 20th century music. -By Michael Walsh
Perhaps the 20th century is merely one of the moping-dog phases. It may be the sin of pride to claim so much evil and despair for oneself. The Black Death killed off one-third of Western and Central Europe in the 14th century, but in the Emersonian calendar of the perfectible universe, it was only a temporary epidemic - something that was going around...