Word: louise
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The 18th century, for example, was clearly one marked by statecraft: in 1776 alone there are Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin writing the Declaration of Independence, Adam Smith publishing The Wealth of Nations and George Washington leading the Revolutionary forces. The 17th century, on the other hand, despite such colorful...
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Center of the World Versailles: Louis XIV's palace is the place to be Rivals: London--colonies and commerce make it Europe's largest city; Mexico City, the jewel of Spanish America
SNOW WHITE MARTHA GRAHAM LOUIS ARMSTRONG MILES DAVIS SEAGRAM BUILDING GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO THE GREAT GATSBY T.S. ELIOT MARY QUANT BLUE POLES: NUMBER 11, 1952 CITIZEN KANE PABLO PICASSO COCO CHANEL RALPH ELLISON LUCILLE BALL GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ IGOR STRAVINSKY SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND WHO'S AFRAID...
Witness how often the same basic innovation was made independently by different people in different places at roughly the same time. And witness--as testament to the impetus behind easing communication--how often those independent breakthroughs were in information technology itself: the telegraph (Charles Wheatstone and Samuel F.B. Morse, 1837...