Word: 21st
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...21st triumph in the 70-year-old series, and the first time in 20 years that a U.S. team has successfully defended a challenge. Such a victory should have called for a national celebration. In 1969, however, the only result is national ennui - and international embarrassment...
...lunar sample on display is the show's big letdown. As might be expected, the stuff is displayed dramatically in the center of a dark room, seated atop a black plinth and bathed in a single spot-light. This display conjures up an image of a 21st century altar complete with priceless relic-or a showcase of industrial diamonds at Tiffany's. Unfortunately, the sample contains no more than a few grams of the gray dust, and without a microscope to reveal the amazing green, brown and white colors of the individual glass shards or the weird dumbell and spheroid...
...Charles has asked that half his ducal revenues be turned over to the government. "He felt he wanted to make a gesture of this sort," said a palace spokesman. But the troubled Exchequer will get no great boost from the gift, which comes on Nov. 14, Charles' 21st birthday. While Charles was a minor, most of the ducal income was used to help pay Queen Elizabeth's annual salary of $1,140,000. Now the treasury must make up the difference...
...would not be surprising if the 21st Century turned out to be the Japanese Century...
...Asian economies, could do much to narrow the gap between the world's rich and poor countries. If Japan's businessmen can find ways to open their economy to foreign influence and domestic reform, while preserving their system's virtues of harmony and discipline, then the 21st century-and perhaps even the closing years of the 20th century-may indeed be Japan...