Word: ironclads
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...1800s The French and British vied to build the better ironclad battleship. In 1862 the Union's Monitor and the Confederacy's Merrimack clashed in the first battle of ironclads in history. The result was indecisive...
...authoritarian government, which likes to project the image that it keeps the trains running on time," says MacLeod. "It could also affect tourism and the country's image abroad. So there's likely to be further tension in U.S.-Egyptian relations unless the investigation's conclusion is based on ironclad evidence." After all, given the conspiracy theorizing that has swept Egypt in response to the Washington leaks, Cairo may be hard-pressed to accept a conclusion based on circumstantial evidence without appearing to be caving...
...definitions of a miracle and a Hollywood sleeper hit are not very far apart; both involve an extraordinary contradiction of what seems to be an ironclad natural order. Last week studio executives had a choice of interpretations as they cast their eyes over the weekend grosses. The No. 1 and No. 2 movies in the U.S. were, unsurprisingly, Fight Club and Double Jeopardy. But No. 10 was very unusual indeed. Not only had The Omega Code, by an unknown independent called Gener8Xion Entertainment, grossed $2.4 million in three days, but it had done so in a mere 304 theaters, yielding...
...economists expect the law to kick-start employment. Indeed, the biggest fear is for French competitiveness. Across Europe, the costly brand of welfare capitalism that provided 30 days of vacation, inflexible work rules and ironclad job security is being dismantled to enhance productivity and create jobs. "My competitors are all non-French," says Gerard Charlier, head of a 70-employee firm that manufactures and exports casino chips. "They see what's going on here, and they're laughing...
Amid the outrage and grandstanding in the exhibition, some crucial issues swiftly show themselves: Should the largesse of public funding be allowed to circumscribe free speech? Can unhindered expression, in its turn, become sheer offense? And how ironclad are the constitutional protections for edgy art that may amount to hate speech? In the end, art can be political, but it cannot affect the world the way politicians can. Says Bill Ivey, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts: "The damage can outlast the politics of the moment...