Word: 20th
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...first lines to greet spectators on the scoreboard), but for the most part the ceremonies so conformed to the textbook that even their "image director" was a man whose first name is Man. Elegiacally minded Japanese may have been calling these the last Games of the 20th century, but the efflorescence of young faces suggested they are really the first of the 21st...
...array of new stamps to "celebrate the century" in yet another nationwide commemoration and, as the winter International Review has pointed out, possible farewell, to America's golden age. The 30 new stamps are arranged on two sheets, each depicting one of the first two decades of the 20th century. Among the 15 stamps covering the 1910s, one in particular stands out to me: the first crossword puzzle of 1913. As the Postal Service reports, that puzzle was created by a journalist named Arthur Wynne, and it appeared in the New York World on Dec. 21 of that year...
Already playing without suspended junior forward Jen Gerometta, the Crimson (10-9, 5-9 ECAC) scored three shorthanded goals and added an empty-netter last night en route to a 6-4 victory over Boston College (3-17-1, 1-10-1) in the opening round of the 20th annual Beanpot Tournament at Bright Hockey Center...
Millions around the globe will be watching with fascination as these two giants of the 20th century collide this week on the little island of Cuba. The world according to Marx will touch hands with the word of God. A 100-year-old ideology that proposed a collective paradise of social justice and economic equality on earth will confront a 2,000-year-old belief in the eternal power of devotion to the divine and reverence for human dignity...
...real game now is about billionaire team owners trading millionaire athletes, many of them spoiled brats and all of them dedicated to selling us sneakers and cereals--while the public coughs up for yet another downtown stadium and the networks lay out billions for TV rights. This late 20th century sports biz is a spectacle perhaps best viewed from the luxury skyboxes, where the celebrities strut and the lobbyists reward their politician friends. From the bleachers, though, it's bound to start looking a little tawdry...