Word: legend
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...South's decisive defeat at the battle of Gettysburg. Historians have debated whether his impressive victories throughout the war were due to his skill as military leader or his luck. And though he was the Army of Northern Virginia's top lieutenant, Longstreet failed to become a Civil War legend like his commander, Robert E. Lee, or his subordinates, Stonewall Jackson and Jeb Stuart...
...Folk legend Pete Seeger set words from the Book of Ecclesiastes to music, and the Byrds' version became a huge early hippie hit. In the ad it segued into "Hi, I'm Nancy, an operator here at TIME...
Twenty-odd years ago, legend has it, The Crimson refused to elect one student its president because he failed to support Chairman Mao. Now, a conservative was gaining control of The Crimson's proud liberal editorial policy. It sent shivers down quite a few spines, and the owners of said spines were more than willing to tell...
...came here mostly because of academics," Eynon said. "And I couldn't have gotten better coaching anywhere else. We have Jack Barnaby ['32], who is an amazing man--a legend. He knows a lot about strategy...
...Acura Legend pulls into the garage in San Marino, California, and out steps a slightly built man with graying hair, in suit and tie, just back from work. He calmly surveys the workout equipment he has set up in the adjacent parking slot: two heavy bags and a pair of rigs, one supporting a stack of five 1-in.-thick pine boards, the other a stack of three. Suddenly he explodes into violence. His right foot lashes out, delivering a blow that cleanly severs the five stacked boards. Without missing a beat, he slams his right fist into the stack...