Word: lincolns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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More practical ideas came from Thayer Hall roommates Carlyle I. Lincoln '95 and Josh D. Liston '95. "We need a couch," Liston said. "We've heard that the yard sales around Cambridge are probably the best deals." On a more whimsical note, the two wondered if the strips of wood on Thayer walls would support a swinging hammock...
...also soon aid scientists in solving a number of historical mysteries. Among them: whether the man who drowned in Argentina in 1979 really was Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele, and whether Abraham Lincoln suffered from Marfan's syndrome, an inherited disease characterized by gangly limbs, poor eyesight and a weak heart. "The applications of this technology are literally as wide as your imagination!" exclaims University of Virginia geneticist Dr. Thaddeus Kelly...
...more monumental than Mount Rushmore: Abe Lincoln's face alone is three times the height of his statue in Washington. In a gigantic party last week, 3,500 revelers attended the 50th anniversary of the sculpture's completion. George Bush presided over a formal dedication ceremony and the launch of a $40 million fund-raising drive to renovate the memorial...
...controversy was more familiar to Americans than the Lincoln-Douglas debates. For 17 years, argumentative ex-athletes wrestled with the weighty question of whether they drank Miller Lite beer because it "Tastes great!" or is "Less filling!" The ad campaign created a vast demand for low-calorie brews at a time when Miller Lite was virtually the only supply -- in 1975 it constituted 96% of light-beer sales. However, the 1980s produced challenges from Coors Light and Bud Light, which drained Miller's share...
...Russian leader said and did all the right things too, plunging into crowds of tourists at the Lincoln Monument to shake hands and hug babies. He pleased lawmakers with his plans to privatize businesses, initiate land and credit reform and establish a Russo-American bank. He asked for cooperation and investment, not aid: "I did not come here begging," he said. "He appears to be a democrat committed to democracy," decided Senator Bill Bradley, the New Jersey Democrat...