Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Russian space program, the comeback was supposed to begin this month. Ever since the fall of communism, the agency that gave the world Sputnik, Gagarin and the space station Mir appeared to have fallen too, with slashed budgets leading to fewer launches and worried whispers in the international community that even those missions were dangerously underfinanced. Lately, however, Russia has been funneling all its space resources into the launch of its Mars '96 probe, an unmanned spacecraft designed to orbit the Red Planet, dispatch a quartet of landers to the surface and, perhaps most important, return the country...
...above are simply examples of the ambiguity of history. What we do today has less to do with what actually happened in the past than what drives our passions today. The proposal to honor all fallen Harvard alumni in the Civil War was an innocent (and naive) gesture to add to the general knowledge of what happened in mid-19th century America. Like Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, I have concluded "Alas,...That day has [not] arrived," but for a different additional reason. We should have known better in our times to bring up the subject when...
...cover story in the past 18 months co-authored by Gibbs and Duffy (who, coincidentally, joined TIME on the same day in 1985). Other highlights of this week's issue include some familiar names and some unfamiliar juxtapositions: Jay Leno and Gloria Steinem offer the President some free advice; fallen campaign strategist Dick Morris urges Clinton to stick to the center in his second term; playwright Wendy Wasserstein has some light-hearted tips for the First Lady; Slate editor Michael Kinsley puts Clinton's victory in historical per-spective; and investigative reporter James Stewart explores how scandal could derail Clinton...
Although Yale was first in this year's U.S. News and World Report rankings, had the magazine considered the following categories, there is no doubt that the Elis' stock would have fallen...
...play's energy only slows down towards the end, when Valmont and Mertueil's scheme starts to wreak havoc in their own lives. Valmont is torn between La Presidente de Tourvel, whom he claims to have fallen in love with, and La Marquise de Mertueil, who holds considerable power over him. The sense of unspoken attachment between Leach and Brawley is perhaps too good, because this turn of events does not seem believable. There is a fatal swordfight between Valmont and Le Chevalier Danceny that continues for too long, stretching out the play's final scenes when they should...