Word: pacificism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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On Sept. 19, 1783, at Versailles, the first aeronauts--a sheep, a rooster and a duck--take to the sky in the Montgolfier brothers' hot-air balloon. On Nov. 21, Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes drift over Paris in a Montgolfier, achieving the first manned...
DIED. TOSHIRO MIFUNE, 77, rugged actor in epic Japanese films; in Mitaka, Japan. In his 16-film collaboration with director Akira Kurosawa, Mifune came to embody the heroic, archetypical loner with his rough features and angry intensity. America had cowboys; Japan had Mifune, wielding a sword and his trademark glare...
But for all of its ineptitude, The Postman has heart. It's unabashedly patriotic, and if all of those beautiful, panoramic shots of Utah and the Pacific Northwest can't make you proud of this country, then nothing can. So if you can suspend your cynicism for a moment, there...
Netscape today announced heavy casualties in its Browser Wars with Microsoft: The Silicon Valley start-up expects to post a surprise $85 million loss for the last quarter. Company officials blamed the 88-cent-per-share loss on the collapse of Pacific markets, as well as "competitive pressure" on its...
Air Passenger Killed in Turbulence One person died and 102 were injured when a United Airlines 747 fell 1,000 feet in turbulence over the Pacific. Now investigators are asking why the crew failed to anticipate the danger.