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...beginning of a new historical epoch. All the forces that had made the 20th century such a violent disappointment to idealists--totalitarianism, the gigantic state, the crushing of individual choice and initiative--were publicly and spectacularly defeated. Ascendant instead were the values that Thatcher had supported in the face of sometimes spectacular opposition: free markets and free minds. The world enters the 21st century and the 3rd millennium a wiser place, owing in no small part to the daughter of a small shopkeeper, who proved that nothing is more effective than willpower allied to a few clear, simple and workable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Margaret Thatcher | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...epoch of novelty, as several Harvard newcomers distinguished themselves...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hardball Hits Highs, Lows in Sunshine Trip | 3/31/1998 | See Source »

...appreciate greatly that not once was the word obscene mentioned in your article. Epithet too easily used which assailed unanimously the appearance of "Interpretation of Dreams" by Freud, psychologic document which is and always will remain in spite of all the most important and sensational of our epoch. SALVADOR DALI Carmel, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sounding Off, Talking Back | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

...ingeniously expanded to two, probably as underapreciated as it is slightly overused. Like voices calling and responding to one another, they act, unlike much musical interscenic filler, to further contemplation with subtle gradations of emotion rather than the current fad of ironic comment or scene-labeling through dastardly clever epoch-hopping musical selection. Bach (played by Laura Lee'00) and Gounod (Luba Mandzy '01) trade strains here, at the same time softening and commenting upon the rough edges of Miller's emotional landscape...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: And It Feels Just Like I'm Walking on... | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

Jeremiah and Liam, however, are entering a new epoch in their respective hockey careers. This season marks the first time that the brothers will take the ice together to skate for the same team...

Author: By Katherine E. Wagner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Tomassoni Bunch | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

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