Word: 20th
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...adaptation of Elmer Rice’s 1923 expressionist play of the same title, “Adding Machine” tells the story of Mr. Zero, a downtrodden worker whose life suddenly collapses. What follows is a visually bizarre, musically unpleasant, and theatrically uninspiring slog through various 20th century intellectual trends, a trek made only slightly palatable by an innovative set and a glimmer of nuanced physical acting...
...blacks and Asians - British-born as well as new immigrants - looking for cheap housing. "There's a sense of competition for finite resources," says Jon Cruddas, Dagenham's MP and a Labour Party member. "These are generic forces, but they collide in an intense form here." (See pictures of 20th Century Britain...
...forget the language barrier. In the U.S., most people speak English. In Europe, you have several world languages: English, French, Spanish, German. This means a lack of communication at the ground level. The great hurdle will be to agree upon one language. This would facilitate everything. (See pictures of 20th Century Britain...
...captain Alex Meyer traveled to Columbus, Ohio for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships seeded 20th in his only event. But after 15 minutes, the Crimson senior had left that ranking in the dust...
...know Adam Smith for his "invisible hand," the mysterious force that steers the selfish economic decisions of individuals toward a result that leaves us all better off. It's been a hugely influential idea, one that during the last few decades of the 20th century began to take on the trappings of a universal truth...