Search Details

Word: someness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

c. 960 to 1900s China 1936 coverlet for bound foot; some were 3 in. long.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Our Evolving Culture | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Fortunately for him, America during the post-Civil War boom of the 1870s was famished for faster and more reliable ways of doing business. An improvement Edison made in the stock ticker eventually earned him $40,000, a considerable sum at the time. He used this windfall to set up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 19th Century: Thomas Edison (1847-1931) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

"Before Hitler, we thought we had sounded the depths of human nature," argues Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler. "He showed how much lower we could go, and that's what was so horrifying. It gets us wondering not just at the depths he showed us but whether there is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Necessary Evil? | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

So did it take a Hitler, a mortal threat, to move the Allied democracies from complacent enclaves to the global powerhouses that by century's end would embrace most of the world's people? Here is a place to draw the line. "It may be true that we've got...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Necessary Evil? | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

As they await a March 7 trial, the Kelsos are forbidden to have any contact with their son while authorities try to line up a suitable long-term placement. The hospital has been deluged with calls offering sympathy and support, as well as some from other parents of severely handicapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Nightmare | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next