Word: thirteenth
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...warlords re-entered the capital for the first time in years. In an elaborate ceremony attended by foreign diplomats, the warlords were seated on a new six-member Council of State. Andrew Purvis, Nairobi bureau chief, reports that they have reason to believe that the ceasefire -- the war's thirteenth -- will hold. "It is more promising this time because the main rebel warlord, Charles Taylor, has come to the capital for the first time in five years. This shows confidence on his part...
...Kuijp, who will turn 43 in September, is known for his monograph, Contributions to the Development of Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries...
Through Oct. 8. "The Art of the Fan: China, Korea, Japan." Traces the evolution of the fan in East Asia, from the circular "lollipop" fan to the better-known folding fan that was produced throughout East Asia from the thirteenth century onward...
While the Tigers' Laura Gilmore took home medalist honors, with a three-over par 76, sophomore Alexis Boyle led the Crimson, firing an 86, good enough to tie for tenth place overall, and Ranere shot an 87 to tie for thirteenth...
...even as fine translator as Pinsky or Allen Mandelbaum (whose 1980 black verse translation of the Comedy is a Harvard classroom staple) cannot convey the full effect of Dante's dark anaphora that opens the thirteenth canto: six of the first eight lines begin with the word "Non," producing a hauntingly landscape of negation...