Word: eras
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...came into the hands of a Hebrew University professor. Samuel still had no real idea of his purchase's worth. Nearly a year later, he took them to the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem where incredulous scholars estimated they were written at the beginning of the Christian era. The remarkable find was soon announced to the world. It was received with amazement, if not disbelief...
Shortly after the first scrolls were found, some charged that the manuscripts were medieval, not of the Christian era. Skeptics felt that it was impossible for the scrolls to have survived through the centuries in a Palestinian cave. Others said that they were complete fakes, imported from outside and designed to hoodwink enthusiastic archeologists...
...mood of the crowd communicated itself to Stevenson. "I am one of those who does not believe all students are dangerous or even that all professors are subversive," he said. "In this era marked and even scarred by a new form of anti-intellectualism, I say, eggheads of the world arise-you have nothing to lose but your yolks." As Stevenson left the hall one group of University of California instructors and staff members broke into another serenade, to the tune of Clementine...
Threshold of an Era. One of the President's first official acts was to decree an end to the despised press censorship imposed by the interim administration last November. A few days later he asked Congress to lift the state of siege as of Feb. 15, ten days ahead of schedule. As a gesture to show that he expects no violence, Kubitschek plans to send back to other duties the plainclothes detail assigned to guard him. "I rely on this more than any bodyguard." he told a friend, patting a German-made .25-caliber automatic hidden beneath his well...
...penetration efforts. Afterwards, Holland remarked: "No doubt about it, this appears to be the best government to deal with that Brazil has ever had." Said Nixon in a speech at the Volta Redonda steel plant the following day: "I confidently believe that Brazil is on the threshold of an era of progress unequaled in history by any nation in this Hemisphere. I am confident that with its abundant resources, its great people and its dedicated leadership, Brazil's progress in the next few years will startle the world...