Word: lightful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...break us in this Island or lose the war. [I]f we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the light of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say 'This was their finest hour.'" These words, along with Churchill's deeds, moved a country to withstand the most...
Dobridge said she doesn't anticipate an increased flow of Wellesley students coming to Cambridge to drink, especially in light of MIT's recent crackdown on alcohol...
...either of these examples describe true creativity? If creativity means creation in a vacuum, then no. However, very little human creativity may come out of a vacuum. The most powerful literature does not always deal with subjects never considered before, but often presents common experiences in a slightly different light. If a formula can make you look creative, maybe originality is more formulaic than the Romantic ideal of the inspired genius would imply--maybe the interactions of neurons and of transistors aren't that far apart. Literary creativity may be just the first in a number of skills future computers...
...LIGHT Video cameras with three prisms produce noticeably better colors than those with only a single prism--but they'll cost...
...addressed some of the most demanding problems facing us in the 21st century--particularly in light of Malthus' 18th century theory that population growth will overpower the planet's ability to sustain itself. Scientific inventions and discoveries ameliorate the problem but not enough to prevent global disaster. Widespread demand for food and manufactured products has contaminated our food chain, arable land and water sources, as well as the air we breathe. We must all begin to cope with the results of urban sprawl and help prevent the destruction of Earth's ecological balance and the life of our planet...