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Word: blackly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...must canonize our own saints, create our own martyrs... black men and women who have made their distinct contributions to our racial history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The TIME Centennial News Quiz | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...underlying theory. He called it M theory. The insight electrified his colleagues and inspired a flurry of productive activity that has now convinced many that string theory is, in fact, on the right track. "It smells right and it feels right," declares Caltech's Kip Thorne, an expert on black holes and general relativity. "At this early stage in the development of a theory, you have to go on smell and feel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unfinished Symphony | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Gandhi predated Frantz Fanon and the black-consciousness movements in South Africa and the U.S. by more than a half-century and inspired the resurgence of the indigenous intellect, spirit and industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sacred Warrior | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...China, would propel countless explorers through serendipitous discoveries in America. (In 1634, for example, the Frenchman Jean Nicolet left Quebec in search of China and discovered Green Bay, Wis.) Meanwhile, Franciscan missionary diplomats sent by the Pope to seek an alliance with the Khan against Islam brought back a black powder to a fellow Franciscan, the Oxford scientist Roger Bacon, the first European to write about gunpowder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 13th Century: Genghis Khan (c.1167-1227) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Although the precursors got their patented copper rivets in 1873, 501s belong squarely in the 20th century. Worn by everyone from Presidents to rock stars, they can be dressed up or casual, hardworking or sexy. RUNNERS-UP The miniskirt; Coco Chanel's little black dress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Of The Century | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

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