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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...World War II, the U.S.S. Enterprise was an aircraft carrier. She sank 71 enemy ships and downed 911 planes. Severely damaged by kamikaze attack at the end of the war, she would later be sold for scrap...

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

...invincible Spanish Armada, with about 130 ships, sailed to conquer England. Its defeat by the English navy, with its smaller but more maneuverable ships, would change the balance of world naval power...

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

...Eiffel Tower, Paris (984 ft.), was built as a temporary structure to celebrate the centennial of the French Revolution. It was first called an eyesore and then, as the world's tallest structure, became a source of pride, defining the skyline of the City of Lights...

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

...Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1,476 ft.). Peaked like Angkor Wat, the world's tallest building attests to the ambitions of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad...

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

...There has to be something better to do than Partying Like It's, well, you know. Doesn't there? For the three sane people in the U.S. who are NOT going to be spending their evening as clay pigeons in the terrorist crosshairs, er, crossroads of the world, Couch Potato offers these millennial movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If You're Not Doing Anything for New Year's... | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

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