Word: 20th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Teaches: Slavic 145b: "Russian Literature in Translation: The 20th Century Tradition...
...Before majority black districts were created, no state in the South had elected a black candidate in the 20th century", Bond said...
...demonstration in which she and 75 townspeople scaled a fence at a hazardous-waste incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio. And she helped plan the 1994 stunt in which Greenpeacers climbed the side of the Time & Life Building in New York City and hung a banner from the 20th floor decrying the use of chlorine in the making of paper for this magazine, among others...
...space and crowned by a floral halo of metallic petals. At 650 ft.--a height that will require passage of a special law in parliament--it would command stunning vistas comparable to those of the Eiffel and Montparnasse. Meanwhile, the Pompidou Center, with one of the biggest collections of 20th century paintings, is scheduled to reopen its doors at midnight Jan. 1, 2000, after being partly closed since September 1997 for a complete renovation. The theme of the featured exhibit: time...
...18th century may have been a time when English common law was studied and revered, but at the end of the 20th, we're more familiar with TV's Judge Judy than with James Madison. "High crimes and misdemeanors" sounds like it could mean anything, from murder to jaywalking. And here's the rub--Mason's dirty little secret--it could mean anything. The Constitution gives the House of Representatives sole authority to decide what constitutes grounds for impeachment. That's why President Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868, when a nasty political dispute got out of hand. (The Senate...