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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wilbur and Orville Wright also used the internal-combustion engine to free people from earthly bounds. Their 12-second flight in 1903 transformed both war and peace. As Bill Gates said in these pages, "Their invention effectively became the World Wide Web of that era, bringing people, languages, ideas and values together." The result was a new era of globalization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Mattered And Why | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...most lovable spider in literature befriends a hapless barnyard pig named Wilbur and launches a campaign to save him from becoming someone's meal. The webs Charlotte weaves are tangled and enchanting. RUNNERS-UP The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis; A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle...

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

...story of Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire) trying to be his own hero. Raised in an orphanage in the era leading up to World War II, Homer fashioned his own version of a family. Besides having the other orphans as siblings, Homer develops a strong father-son bond with Dr. Wilbur Larch, played by Oscar-winner Michael Caine...

Author: By Andrew P. Nikonchuk, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tobey: Irving Writes Own Rules | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

This Thursday, the Advocate will sponsor a reading with Richard Wilbur, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and former poet laureate. Wilbur will speak at Hilles Library...

Author: By Nicole B. Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Advocate Elects New Board | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

Cherry-red with a Radcliffe seal on each, the slippers were hand-embroidered for Wilbur K. Jordan, president of Radcliffe College in the 1940s...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Radcliffe College Lives On in Archives | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

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