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Dates: during 1990-1999
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First feminist. First spinmeister. Megawatt celeb. So might our age judge her. To 16th century England, Elizabeth I was the original feminine mystique: goddess Gloriana; Virgin Queen; finally and enduringly, Good Queen Bess. The most remarkable woman ruler in history can claim few traditional princely achievements, yet she gave her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 16th Century: Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Best Musical Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein (1945) They set the standards for the 20th century musical, and this show features their most beautiful score and the most skillful and affecting example of their musical storytelling. RUNNERS-UP Guys and Dolls by Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling; Evita...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Of The Century | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Intelligent kids with good social skills can be quite skillful at hiding who they really are from their parents. They may do this to avoid punishment, to escape being identified as "crazy," or to protect the parents they love from being disappointed or worried. In the wake of his shooting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Columbine Tapes: Some Kids Are Orchids | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

Although Elina Mer '00 works out her paintings from family photographs, they have no trace of photorealist coldness, but instead are painterly and lyrical, made of skillful and confident strokes.

Author: By Annie Bourneuf, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "Salon" at the Adams House Art Space | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

Deborah Wojcik's paintings of small boys are set apart from the other pieces by their neatly stylized, almost commercial execution; they are a smart treatment of issues of self-presentation that are usually seen only in the feminine inflection. Like most any group show, "Salon" is uneven and loose...

Author: By Annie Bourneuf, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "Salon" at the Adams House Art Space | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

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