Word: columbus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Columbus and his comrades brought diseases to America, and now other countries are getting their revenge...
...very human emotions and abilities. Gradually, the robot seeks to become more and more human, raising profound questions not only about the morality of creating intelligent machines but about broader issues like humanity and immortality. In adapting this tale for mainstream moviegoers, however, screenwriter Nicholas Kazan and director Chris Columbus forgo the subtleties of these dilemmas in favor of greeting-card sentimentality. The result is an enjoyable, often touching picture, but one that fails to realize the richness of its concept...
From the Free Speech movement in the 1960s to the city council's 1991 abolition of Columbus Day in favor of 'Indigenous Peoples' Day,' the city and the university have together led the crusade for liberal social change...
...money, I'd rather see a politician be himself, even if he is boring. We've had enough "personality" in the White House lately. I'd like to see someone who is actually interested in doing the job, not just in winning the office. STEVEN F. GRAVER Columbus...
...palace of higher fun and learning in Columbus is in good company--lots of it. Almost 300 science centers in the U.S. welcome 115 million visitors a year--"a threefold increase in the past decade alone," says Bonnie VanDorn of the Association of Science-Technology Centers. What's more, 40% of them plan to open new facilities or expand existing ones in the next three years. Already completed is the California Science Center in Los Angeles, launched last year. Two other major overhauls open next month, in Kansas City, Mo., and St. Paul, Minn. Each cost more than $100 million...