Word: ages
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nations are not some natural, organic phenomenon but complex accumulations of strength, alliances and enmities. And the passion for nationhood has swung between eras of consolidation and fragmentation: the single-state world of the Roman Empire; the 500-odd nations of the 1500s Renaissance. In the post-cold war age, people impatient with the map they've inherited appear to be caught in between. A globalized economy is melting down the relevance of nationhood at the same time that the dispossessed's unrealized yearnings to be a state are gaining legitimacy...
...least in preliminary form, fresh perspectives on the gender-bifurcated human condition. There are signs of a growing acceptance of the female body with its signature cycles and turning points. Some midlife boomers are finding ways to celebrate the menopause, while a generation of "grrrls" is coming of age, with a new view of the menstrual period as an emblem of primal female power. At the same time, some of the sacred tenets of evolutionary psychology--that men are innately more aggressive, more promiscuous and more likely to fall for cute young things--have come under fresh challenge...
...first revisionist blow came in the mid-'70s, when anthropologists Adrienne Zihlman and Nancy Tanner pointed out that among surviving "hunting" peoples, most of the community's calories--up to 70%--come from plant food patiently gathered by women, not meat heroically captured by men. The evidence for Stone Age consumption of plant foods has mounted since then. In 1994 paleobotanist Sarah Mason concluded that a variety of plant material discovered at the Paleolithic site of Dolni Vestonice in the Czech Republic was in fact edible roots and seeds. At the very least, it seems, the Paleolithic dinner was potluck...
...reveal themselves to the audience in a candid way that everyone can understand. This is one group that loves its small but growing fan base-they have a mailing list of over 25,000 fans-and they crave success as much as any other "rock" band. And, in this age of formulaic talent and paper-thin lyrics, they are the ones who deserve it the most...
...novel begins, 13-year-old Anna is just starting a new school in her native country of Greece. There she meets Val, an attractive, bold girl who quickly becomes her best friend. This coming-of-age tale focuses on the relationship between the two girls and no Anna's teenage parent-struggles. Acting as one source of the fear that drives the novel is "The Dragon," un-catchable man who murders young girls...