Word: spans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quintessential impressionist painter, was born in 1840. That year Queen Victoria married Prince Albert, and in France both Ingres and Delacroix were at work. In 1926, when Monet died, Lenin was two years dead, and Picasso was already a middle-aged man of 45. Having lived such a span, Monet in old age looked like a relic of the 19th century -- hardly a modern artist at all. What could his painting offer a postcubist culture...
...Yosef says that the study of archaelogy can give the scientist an almost superhuman perspective on the course of history. The ability to analyze changes that span generations is a powerful one, he says...
This is an excellent suggestion. But what if the members want the building returned to them after they have thawed out? Future generations of women will have become very attached to the building over the span of 1000 years and will not want to relinquish it. We must do something more permanent...
After the Friars knocked in two more in only a nine-second span in the middle of the final period, a win truly was out of reach for the Crimson...
...Feld show is a mixture of world-class performances, a sensory overload of color and music, and roller-coaster pacing. Calculating that the attention span of the average child is about 8 1/2 minutes, he cuts most acts to their best eight. Feld's formula includes a dash of gimmickry to pack 'em in. In 1985 it was the "Living Unicorn," a goat whose horns had been surgically fused. The stunt drew criticism from animal-rights activists but boosted ticket sales by more than 20%. Says Feld: "P.T. Barnum would have been proud...